Improving Life…. One Post At A Time
The last time I made a care payment was sometime in 2014. I remember when my wife and I made the final payment on our Chevy Cobalt. We took the payment book out on the front porch and lit it on fire. There was something therapeutic about watching the pages of that statement book burn off one at a time. I could physically feel my debt shedding away. Continue reading “The best time of year to buy a car in 2019”
Looking for a little extra cash to float you through the summer? Maybe you are planning a vacation and you don’t want to kill your budget in order to go. Maybe you have a job that does not continue through the summer but need to bridge the gap until work starts again. Continue reading “26 Side Gigs for Summer Work”
Around five years ago, I began a journey to get a better handle on my finances. At the time, my wife and I had little to no debt but were not really maximizing the potential for savings on what we had either. We weren’t silly spenders, per se. However, a lot of our extra income would go towards immediate gratification instead of building towards the future. Continue reading “The 50 Best ETFs of 2019”
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. Continue reading “7 BEST MONEY MAKING IDEAS FOR MOMS”
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. Continue reading “20%”
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. Continue reading “Protect Your Future”
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…. Continue reading “Don’t Just Dream”
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. Continue reading “Save Some Pennies”
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.
