Keeping The Truth In Front Of You
Many people look at tracking your spending as a chore. It can feel restricting, telling yourself that you can't do something or buy...
Own Your Fun
Summertime is full of trips, picnics, outdoor exploration, and sometimes family reunions. Each provides a special experience for you and...
Lifestyle Creep
I'm a software engineer by trade. That means I talk with computers all day programming them to do things. One of the jokes we have as...
What Are You Striving For?
Many of us have goals we set before us. They can be big goals like going back to school for a new degree or smaller goals like vacuuming...
Shifting Perspectives
Have you ever felt trapped in your current budget situation? Do you feel like you've squeezed all you can out of the budget, but there...
Going With The Flow
When you start being intentional about your spending and money goals, you may find yourself driven toward the goals in the most direct...
Taking Responsibility
On Monday, I wrote about our freedom and how we use it to make choices that end up limiting our freedom. This is a human thing. We have...
The Magic Commute
The door slammed, suddenly knocking the anger out of him as he realized he wasn't as in control as he thought he was. "Nevermind," he...
You're Not Alone
In some of my conversations, it comes out that one or both of us feels alone in some of our thoughts and questions. For example, you may...
Impulsiveness
At some point or another, we all struggle with impulsiveness. The desires of the moment seem to override and temporarily wipe from our...