*cricket chirp* *cricket chirp* Yup, it’s been pretty quiet around here lately. The work available to me picked up a lot in the month of April, and so I scrambled to catch it all in my little hat. That meant putting writing blog posts on hold, and focusing deeply on things that would directly make […]
30-Day Money Cleanse – Week 4: Future-Proof Your Gains
I’ve come to the end of the 30-day money cleanse – a chance to hit the “reset” button on my finances and look at them from a fresh perspective. This final week is all about locking in the progress made during the cleanse. I love this, because you can’t necessarily rely on “willpower” or remembering […]
30-Day Money Cleanse – Week 3: Rev-Up Your Finances
I’m working my way through a 30-day money cleanse to polish up my finances a bit. Even though I read and write about money all the time, I can use a kick in the pants to really dig into my usual systems and make some changes. In Week 1, we went through some exercises to […]
30-Day Money Cleanse – Week 2: Devise a Plan and Take Advantage
I’ve been going on this 30-Day Money Cleanse as a way to check up on my finances, and make sure I haven’t strayed too far off the path. Because even a personal finance blogger can get kinda lazy with her money, you know? It’s good to go through something like this periodically, to see your […]
30-Day Money Cleanse – Week 1: Awareness
I’m doing a 30-day money cleanse, because even personal finance bloggers can benefit from revisiting their finances with fresh eyes once in a while! Whether you’re doing the cleanse straight from Personal Capital’s blog, or making it into a game with me on Habitica, I thought it would be fun to compare notes as we […]