Credit cards. They are truly one of the easiest and worst ways to accumulate debt. Far too readily accessed, and with exorbitantly high interest rates, they are a recipe for financial disaster when placed in the wrong hands. As it turns out, the wrong hands equates to almost half the…
Who isn’t on social media these days? Its all well and good if social media is bringing us value and enriching our lives, but for many it’s doing exactly the opposite. While social media can be an excellent tool and unbeatable resource, its also the perfect forum for people to…
Last week we talked about the 3 biggest financial mistakes that Mike and I have made over the years. This week I want to focus on 3 financial pitfalls that a lot of people fall prey to. If you read both posts and can manage to avoid all 6 mistakes,…
Someone posted a comment the other day asking about our biggest accomplishments and our most impressive failures. Rather than trying to respond in a brief comment, I thought it was worthy of a post. Our biggest accomplishment is an obvious one. Definitely our two boys. Those two little monkeys are…
It’s often the small expenses in life that seem to make our money just disappear. They tend to leave us wondering where exactly our money has gone? A few dollars here and there certainly doesn’t make or break the budget, so we give less and less consideration to those small…