Decrease your budget’s bite by saving money on meat + MORE

I did something over the weekend I was pretty proud of myself for: I refrained from buying two things that I really REALLY wanted to take home with me.
One was an oil painting with a pretty kick-ass frame (alone was worth the $20 price tag), and the other a hand-painted side table from Peru that had all kinds of awesome designs on it…

This post talks about how today’s younger generation is more open about sharing their salaries with each other. And it got me to thinking how common sharing salaries is.
When I was coming up through the business ranks, sharing salaries was taboo. I’m not sure why (was it none of their business? was it companies not wanting workers to compare? something else?), but it was…

As I looked through my site stats tonight, I noticed a keyword phrase a visitor used today to get to my site, which was “Is it stupid to borrow money?”. I figured this phrase deserved a post of its own. It seems that so many people reach my site with similar questions. Young adults these days are searching for answers…

We can’t be good all the time. Sometimes, it makes sense to splurge a little.
While you don’t want to splurge constantly, it can be beneficial to you to splurge every now and then.
What is a Splurge?
There are many different ways to look at a splurge. In general, though, a splurge is something somewhat unexpected that you are willing to pay extra for…

The great Irish writer and satirist Jonathan Swift once wrote: “It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of thing he was never reasoned into.”
All of us have encountered individuals who are stubbornly and irrevocably committed to a belief that is, according to us, just plain wrong, not to mention illogical…

A big sign in the yard helps.Houses are selling fast here in North Texas. I hear stories just about every day of houses that are on the market less than seven days.
Across the nation, home sales are up from last year, according to the National Association of Realtors.
With Spring here, interest rates still low, and all the buzz about real estate coming back, you may be interested in selling your house…

Living in a consumer culture is pretty amazing. We have the strength of international industry and commerce allowing us to do a wide range of jobs while enjoying the benefit of agriculture and machinery half a world away.
We don’t need to farm or sew our own clothes in order to survive a cold winter…

Spring is here and summer is just around the corner. If you’re a northerner, you might be welcoming the heat since it’s been so cold for the last few months. But, when the weather warms up, guess what also spikes? You got it – your electric bill because of your air conditioning unit.
We are beating the heat with fan
I was born and brought up in India and we grew up without AC…

I moved in 2010 to the region in which I currently live. It’s made up of several cities and towns to make the region. I have moved a few times within that region to different towns since the original move. I have lived in three different cities/towns and every time I notice the same pattern: we move, we get settled into our living quarters, and then we have a hard time finding things to do for fun because we don’t know what the new city or town has to offer, or where anything is…

The wife was working a night shift on Saturday, so I had an opportunity to do what all married personal finance bloggers dream about doing on a Saturday night – watch a PBS documentary on a personal finance topic.
Frontline’s 52-minute documentary, The Retirement Gamble has been getting a lot of press lately – at least in personal finance circles – so it was on my to-do list to watch, learn, and critique…

A group that helps abused children has printed a special poster that provides a secret message to kids, PetaPixel says. Children up to a certain height can see the message as they walk by; adults walking with them cannot.The new ad campaign by ANAR Foundation, a Spanish nonprofit, makes use of lenticular printing technology…

Being a parent usually means that a Disney World vacation is in the cards sooner or later. While Disney World is a lot of fun for adults and kids alike, it can also cost a lot of money. With the flight being the largest cost (at least from Newfoundland), the ideal situation is to use a travel rewards credit card, and fly down on points…

I’m looking forward to seeing Baz Luhrmann’s new film treatment of The Great Gatsby. The book, of course, is a seminal piece of American literature, and the new movie is yet another in a long line of interpretations. I like the director’s previous works, and I expect I’ll enjoy the new film…

This is part one of a two-part series on making productive use of your free time. Check back Wednesday for part two.
I’m obsessed with making productive use of my time, almost to a fault. While there are some other people out there like me who always feel like they need to make productive and efficient use of their “free” time, others don’t feel as compelled…

What do you think my answer is to the above question? Does the screenshot below give you an indication? It better!
I cringe anytime someone asks me this question. Don’t do it.
If you need a couple of other options, watch the video or read below.
Whatever you do, don’t use your 401k money to pay off your credit cards…

As you participate in the job hunt, it is easy to lose track of what you’ve done. Pretty soon, all of the places you’ve applied to start to run together and you end up trying to remember who has your resume, and what appointments you might have.
In order to keep it all organized, it makes sense to use apps to help you manage your job search…

This post is from staff writer Lisa Aberle. J.D. has already covered ways to save money on food. But this time, I wanted to focus on animal protein. According to a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, meat makes up over 22 percent of our at-home food (not out-to-eat or alcohol) budget. Obviously, you can cut your food budget by decreasing your meat consumption…

Are you sick of work-from-home scams? Do you really want to earn some extra cash?
People have been trying to work from home for years. Yet with so many online scams, it’s hard to know which are truly legitimate.
There are ads in newspapers and magazines offering you opportunities to make money by forwarding emails…

One of the most powerful things I’ve learned over the last few years is that older children and teenagers often learn the most powerful life lessons from experiences they can directly relate to.
The problem is that personal finance isn’t often directly relatable to their life. Quite often, parents and teachers rely on lectures and discussions to get the ideas across, but experiences are the things that many older children and teenagers really connect with…

Are you a creative soul whose cup runneth over with ideas?  If you are, you’ll be pleased to learn that you can make money online selling your design ideas for t-shirts, and even more items, online.  There are a number of different websites you can go through to make extra money with your designes…