Last month, Jessica over at The Fioneers led a workshop for the Women’s Personal Finance Insiders on 5 year planning. Part of what she talked about was experimenting about big dreams you have - taking action in the place you’re at but practicing the big stuff. My head’s been spinning since then. It probably comes…
Friday’s Frugal Five (COVID-19 Week 71)
It’s hard to believe that our Montana trip was two months ago already. For whatever reason, time seems to be speeding by right now. Really, this last year and a half of COVID time just hasn’t seemed normal. We joke that every day is “noneday” because it’s so hard to keep the days straight. Will…
No Spend January? How about Local Spend Instead?
In the past, I've written about No Spend months (I even tracked "No Spend" days for an entire year). When we were working to get our spending under control, that process was really helpful in tracking our day to day spending and making sure we were intentional with where our money went. Our dog had…
Quarterly Goals Check In: September 2020
Goals...apparently they still exist this far into the year, but I have to admit, they aren't top of my mind most of the time these days. To be perfectly honest, simply surviving the year with our mental health mostly in tact seems like the biggest goal of all. Anyone who says their life hasn't been…
Small House, Big Life
As I've mentioned any number of times, my family lives in a smaller "starter" home. While it was the typical size of a single family home back in the 1960s when it was built, it's considerably smaller than the typical home built in the last few decades by at least half. Especially now, with so…
Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays: Week 69 Roundup
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays: Week 59 Roundup
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays: Week 57 Roundup
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays: Week 56 Roundup
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
Quarterly Goals Check In: September 2019
It's hard to believe we are already almost at the end of the third quarter of 2019. Didn't we just go to Hawaii? Apparently not, considering that was almost eight months ago now. That said, we have definitely packed quite a bit into the first nine months of the year. Most of it has been…