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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby. There’s a yearly fee and a learning curve, but I love YNAB and it helps me stay on budget and financially organized with our day-to-day checking and savings accounts.

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How to Save Electricity While You’re Working at Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

labour force now work from home full-time! Listed below are the 5 best measures you can take in order to conserve energy and save on monthly electricity bills. Cut Down Screen Time. Perhaps the best way to save electricity is to cut down “on-screen time” when you’re not actually working.

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How to Minimize Taxes in Retirement

Savings Corner

Image source: The Motley Fool Understanding the tax rules applicable to retirees is important even for younger Americans because many decisions to reduce your future tax bill need to be made early. If you don’t want to worry about paying taxes after you retire, use these accounts as your primary retirement savings vehicles.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

Family Balance Sheet

medical bills, a small credit card, both of our cars, and student loans. burden for us at first were the medical bills. working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. The accountability. The biggest.

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Learning to Save & Pay Off Debt | Guest Post

Saving Cents With Sense

Even though I’m better now, I’m stuck with the debt of when I had to put bills and other expenses on my credit cards when I wasn’t working. You never realize how important work and health is until you are struggling with both, and quitting my job and going through a hard time truly humbled me.

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Ways to Save Money on a Tight Budget

Saving Everyday

My niece goes to Goodwill and buys what I can only describe as bags of junk, and she makes a full-time income selling it on eBay. In the winter months, you can offer to weatherproof windows, which also saves them money on their electricity bill. Save your savings. It’s just easy.

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Back to Basics: Saving Your Savings

For the Mommas

When we get paid, I immediately subtract all the bills that need to be paid with that pay check. I subtract the budgeted amount we will need to make it until the next pay check, and I move the rest of the money left to savings. If there is money left in your budget at the end of the pay period, move it to savings as well.