From the category archives:
One of the things that I use to keep myself focused in my journey to debt freedom is books! I use Audiobooks usually because I can “read” these while commuting, working, washing the dishes and folding the laundry. Audible is my favorite source for audio books.
Here are my favorites:
The Total Money Makeover, Audiobook, by Dave [...]
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I just closed two paid-off Visa accounts. One has an annual fee of $75, so I can practically feel the money back in my pocket. We had kept this card around a long time because it was linked to a favorite airline and we got a $50 companion fare annually as a benefit [...]
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Remember how I said we’re implementing a full-blown, whole-hog hustling program around my house? Well, it’s working.
I had projected almost no income for February for my small business, and only a few hundred dollars of writing income. It ended up being a record month. Additionally, we got the balance of our tax return (adoption tax [...]
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A reader asked us last week “what’s a snowball?” Fair question. We’re talking money, not weather here at DebtKid.
Here’s the answer, the best that I can give it to you, but it is further explained in the “Total Money Makeover” by Dave Ramsey. (I highly recommend the audio-book personally).
Imagine a snowball rolling downhill. It [...]
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When I first graduated from college I was 20 years old, I moved to downtown Seattle, into a 300 square foot studio apartment. If I ran the toaster, it had to be with all the lights off, or I would flip the only breaker I had. Ditto on the hair dryer. The only windows [...]
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I looked back at my November post, and have noticed a typo—card 1 was supposed to be $2,337.87.
Here’s where we’re at for December
Card 1 $2,020.05
Card 2 $12,067.00
Mortgage: $159,910
This doesn’t represent huge progress, but we do feel good about it because of all that we were able to cash-flow this month including; Christmas, new jeans for [...]
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As I mentioned earlier, my debt has dropped quite a bit. I’m not sure if it’s because of that or because of something I read on this blog that made me reconsider my approach to paying down debt. I might have talked about this earlier but it’s a topic I keep coming back to. Ever [...]
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I just don’t get it!
I would have to say that I have a hard time understanding some financial terms and concepts. I do though try to find ways to help myself to learn about what I do not understand. One site that I have found to be extremely helpful for me is feedthepig.org.
Weekly tips…
There is [...]
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I’m not talking about thousands of dollars but I thought it would be helpful to share some of the ways I have found to make some extra money. I’m not one to turn my back on money – no matter how insignificant the amount might be. A bunch of $3 checks might let me double [...]
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Whoever decided to pick on the Latte when it came to cutting expenses…
Starbucks probably wants to kill them.
But “giving up coffee” to get out out of debt is about as cliche as you can get. And if it were as easy as just giving up the Latte, wouldn’t everyone be out of debt?
The reality is [...]
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