7 BEST MONEY MAKING IDEAS FOR MOMS

Side hustle.

Have you heard the term? I remember first hearing someone refer to their extra job as a side hustle a couple of years ago when it started popping up in blog posts. The idea revolves around the extra ways that we can go about cobbling together incomes that supplement our regular vocations.

20%

A few nights ago, at work, I was having a conversation with a couple of the guys about finances. We were discussing the tendencies that people have to spend their money before they actually earn it. What I mean by that is, many people live their lives in debt. Their income would tell them to spend one way but their desires and spending habits push them well beyond that. My co-worker said, “the key to financial happiness is to simply live within your means.” Simply put, if you never spend more money than you actually make, you’ll always have extra.

Protect Your Future

Saving money seems like such an easy thing. Every child has a piggy bank. Parents have savings accounts for the children. Many people begin teaching their kids to save money at an early age as a way to prepare them for adulthood. Though studies have shown that traditional savings accounts are not always the best way to go when building towards the future, it still is a good way to teach children about the benefits of compound interest and not spending more than you make.

Don’t Just Dream

I have had so many ideas over the past four to five years. Places I want to visit. Heck, places I want to live at. Things I would like to own. Stuff I want to do with my kids. Books I want to write. Man, the list just goes on and on and on and on….

Save Some Pennies

We all enjoy eating out, right? Whether it’s a run through some fast food joint or a nice sit down meal at a fancier restaurant, we eat it up (intentional, yet unclever pun). My daughter, in particular, loves to go to Mexican restaurants. She doesn’t even want to eat anything off their menu. She just wants the chips and salsa. We typically end up paying for chicken strips or something like that for her though she rarely ends up eating them. 

The Benefit of Budgeting

Over the last two plus years of blogging here at Strange Life, we have often discussed the problems that come with mismanagement of finances. Most people live paycheck to paycheck and struggle when extra expenses come their way. While it can be difficult to get ahead of this problem, with some solid money management practices it is possible. That is the focus today. We are going to be talking about budgeting and why it is necessary.

Six Financial Blog Topics That Are Overdone

It seems like everyone and their brother is offering financial advice these days. Heck, I have posted up quite a few blog posts about it myself (including this one, I guess). Yet, how many of them are actually helpful to you? How many of these do you read and think, “Yeah, I’ve already read that a million other places? Show me something new.” 

A Budget for the New Year

I have never been that good and keeping a budget. Then again, I haven’t exactly had the typical financial situation for the last decade either. Working at jobs that provide housing and cover a portion of your bills creates a scenario where the traditional budget tends to go on out the window. 

7 Side Hustles You Can Start and Earn $10,000 Per Year

This past week, I wrote about a handful of different types of investments that you could make with your time in order to create extra income. In today’s culture, these are often referred to as side hustles, indicating that they are opportunities to create secondary income streams that supplement your current employment.