real-life journeys, realistic life tips, and random rants
You did your budget calendar, made your budget for your paycheck, and made it through the pay period (possibly kicking and screaming but hopefully not). Now what? Before you do your next paycheck budget (yes, you should do one for…
I am being very diligent about tracking my expenses and spending less. Until my lifestyle stabilizes a bit, I am not going to really see an improvement in my overall debt total, but it is important to establish some good…
I’m behind in posting these, so today’s post will look at both February paychecks. It will be interesting to see both paychecks/budgets side-by-side. Total Actual Income: $3,928.11 Total Actual Expenses:…
It’s taken me a long time to write this post; I felt like I had fallen off the wagon and had the wheels run over me. I know better than what the numbers show. I know I can do more…
Better late than never, right? I’ll spare you the details, but here is a quick post to see how I closed out 2018. First, how did the December 15 paycheck turn out? We already knew I had a zero-based budget…
Okay, I’ve put off looking at the second half of the month for as long as I can, but I have to go ahead and do it. Avoidance will not make this go away. You should not do this either…
The beginning of the journey is not one that is easy, particularly a financial one that sometimes is opposite of everything you’ve been conditioned to doing. This journey can expose patterns and beliefs you aren’t even aware of, some of…