Budgets = Freedom: A Quick Look at Budgeting

When I started my blog (cough, cough, seven years ago), I used to come up with themes for the month, so I’d know what to research and concentrate on. If you’re just getting started with budgeting and want to dive deeper, there’s a budget 101 series you can put in the site search bar and…

Budget 101: Needs vs Wants

Something that folks of the Depression era seemed to have a much better grasp on than the Generation X and Yers is the concept of needs versus wants. Clearly defining these and coming up with an approach to pay for them is likely to change your outlook on spending. Here, in its most basic form,…