So I was digging around my comment spam box to see if Akismet had misfiled anything and, lo and behold, I had a pingback from Control Your Cash. Apparently, I’m this month’s debt-blogging Financial Retard of the Month – I’m sure you can guess how that went. After reading up on Greg’s thoughts on my blog, my life choices, and my weight, it got me
Life Under Construction: Happy Friday, fair readers! Do you ever dream of reliving your glory days in college? You know, skipping classes that start before noon; writing papers until 4am the night before they’re due; pretending you’re not completely hung over when you write your finals. Just living the dream. Next week I start school. I’ll have to figure out what being a student is
Hi everyone! The title is slightly dramatic but it speaks to a certain mindset I’ve been carrying for awhile. Today I’m going to write about being foiled by health. In my post Love and Money, I had a debt repayment plan for the credit card, the line of credit, and the store credit card. I was planning on using the extra money I was earning from
How could love and money ever be a problem? When two people marry, there can be that idea that you and your significant other will agree on the important things – like finances. You know each other so well; you agree on so many things; how could it be hard? Even people who talk about finances might not be “talking” about finances. I know a
Spending Money Update: Debt Progress Happy Sunday Cent’sers! I am happy to give my spending money update this week because we were able to pay off one of our expensive debts this week with our last payment of $2700.00! This is a great weight off my shoulders and I am now able to focus my energies towards some of my other debts. I also paid
Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know that I have a guest posted hosted by the gracious MR. CBB over at Canadian Budget Binder. Read more about my journey here
Have you ever tried to reach a goal and found that you get derailed by the little things? For me, it’s never the big stuff that I struggle to overcome; it’s the everyday ‘little’ things that make it hard for me to stick with my plan. A Common Goal Trap All or nothing thinking is one of my biggest challenges with achieving my goals. When
