SOLVING MY OWN PROBLEMS AND AVOIDING A MONEY EMERGENCY
I'll start by saying I love my car dearly. I've got a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT V6 with 102,000 miles on it. (Pictured above, sitting...


A PERSPECTIVE ON INTEREST ACCRUAL
Today I realized just how much I pay in interest. The last time I updated my loan amount on the blog was 7/21/14. It's now 8/7/14, and...
HOW TO COUPON WITHOUT THE CRAZY
A while back when I was looking at ways to save a bit of money, I found a website called The Krazy Coupon Lady and began to start looking...
RE-THINKING RETIREMENT STRATEGIES
My last post gave a detailed explanation of my budget, something I've been constantly warping and changing to fit me needs. Well, today I...


BUDGETING, A NECESSARY EVIL
The title here says it all. Each and every person should take the time to develop a budget that works best for them. While this may take...


DEBT TO ASSET RATIO, WHERE IS MY MONEY?
Let's talk about exactly where my money is. I could easily blog vaguely about how I handle certain financial situations, but then I...
PAYING OFF DEBTS FASTER
It took me quite a while to find a great loan debt calculator, but thanks to scouring Reddit's financial advice blogs I found one here:...


CREATING A SAFETY NET
It doesn't take long to figure out that sometimes, unexpected things happen. We get sick, our pets get sick, our cars break down, we lose...


THE SMART WAY TO PAY OFF STUDENT LOAN DEBT
Earning my Masters of Architecture also earned me $54,000 of debt to the U.S. Government. Paying this debt back to relieve the burden of...