Let me tell you a story. Long, long ago, in a town just down the road, I was born into a lower-income family with parents who never graduated high school. Although, we were immaculate and well taken care of, we lived quite modestly in our tiny house (actually a trailer, but tiny house sounds trendy […]
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How Not To Buy A House
If you’re super excited to purchase a home, you’ll want to avoid the colossal misstep that nearly took place in this episode.
How Embracing Contentment Is Making Me Happy, Healthy, And Wealthy
Feeling Content Is Good For My Life And My Money I didn’t always feel content with my life. Growing up, all I ever wanted was to be rich. And rich to me was what I saw on the show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Basically, I just wanted stuff. Lots and lots of stuff. […]
How To Pay Off Your Credit Cards – When No One Wants To Help You
My husband and I talk a lot about saving money and building wealth here on the blog but I want to remind you all that we haven’t always had our financial act together. In fact, when we met 6 years ago, we both had student loan debt, car loans, and some credit cards with balances […]
Rightsize Your House If You Want To Save Like Crazy
Tiny houses and small living spaces seem to be quite trendy these days, but the fact remains that the size of newly built family homes just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Last I checked, the average size of a newly-constructed single-family home is now somewhere around 2,500 square feet. That’s an incredible amount of space […]
Resisting The Temptation To Buy A Bigger House: The Struggle Is Real
My husband and I have been focusing on paying off our mortgage (and our rental mortgage) so we can achieve absolute debt freedom. So why on earth did we spend most of the weekend debating whether or not we sell our current house and buy a bigger one? Well, I’m glad you asked. As many of […]