Despite most people’s efforts to avoid debt and exceed their budget, it can be easy to overspend. Many common money wasters, however, lurk in the shadows, waiting to steal your money. So, let’s bring these money wasters into the light so that you banish them for good. Don’t be discouraged if you check every box on…
What Is ‘Calendar Bankruptcy’?
August 28, 2022
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Meetings help bring people together and ensure everyone is on the same page. But having too many meetings can cause more problems than they are meant to prevent. Meeting overload can drain people’s energy and destroy morale. The point of meetings is to help people complete their work, but sometimes they actually hinder people from…
Millennial: How to Prepare Your Finances for a Breakup
Breaking up sucks—even if it’s necessary and you’re better off without them. Emotions loom large and life changes. Your to-do list fills up with loaded logistics, like figuring out who gets the cat or how the heck you’ll afford to live alone. We don’t know what to tell you about the cat, but we can…
Tips for Saving on Your Commute Amid High Inflation
Gas prices are falling but still higher than they were a year ago. And inflation has made most everything else more expensive. If you’re looking to save money on your commute, here are some tips: If You Have a Car: Make a Driving Strategy AAA recommends avoiding traffic and adjusting your normal route in order…
Building Wealth: A Key Step in Hedging Against Inflation
Individuals seeking to build wealth have used a wide variety of methods, strategies and plans. There are tips about what you should do and what to avoid. However, building wealth is more intricate than simply saving money or investing in all the “right” places, whatever that means. Building wealth is a way of living that requires…
Canceling Student Debt Is Wrong on Every Level
August 24, 2022
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One of the first things a toddler learns to say is “That’s not fair!” It turns out that the idea of fairness, a concept related to justice, is intuitive from an early age. Even 3-year-olds understand that merit is fundamental to fairness. Merit is the idea that “rewards should be distributed according to how much…
Buy Groceries With These ‘Hacks’ and Save
There are excuses from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine to the rising gas costs associated with inflation, but the bottom line is that food prices are up: 10.4 percent year over year from June 2021 to June 2022. You might feel you need to take out a second mortgage to go grocery shopping,…
The Savings Game: How to Lower Your Prescription Drug Costs
By Elliot Raphaelson From Tribune Content Agency If you use Part D of Medicare to help cover your prescription costs, Medicare has recommended five ways to lower your costs. I’ll summarize them below and add a further recommendation. Consider Switching to a Generic Prescription If you are using a name-brand prescription that is expensive—the costs…
5 Tips for Creating a Budget to Support Your Financial Goals
Whether you want to pay off debt, start a rainy day fund or save for a family trip, budgeting is the first step toward reaching your financial goals. Creating a budget is much like trying to eat better or exercise more—everyone tells you it’s good for you, but it’s hard to get into the habit,…
Couponing Strategies for Families
With inflation soaring, families are looking for ways to reduce the costs of their everyday expenses. I asked Ryan McGonagill of Savings.com for advice on how to use coupons to save money in this environment. Here’s what he said. The Epoch Times: What strategies do you recommend that families employ to incorporate couponing into their…
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