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Managing Family Finances: Tips and Strategies for a Better Financial Future

Penny Pinchin' Mom

What I have found to work is that if I can access my emergency fund within 24-48 hours, it is ideal both in terms of easy accessibility and liquidity as well as inconvenient enough that I don’t get tempted to dip into it for something it really shouldn’t be used for. Who has that kind of money?

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Before retiring I often wondered about life after retirement – would we have enough money , would it change our marriage, would the kids and grandkids have different expectations, what if catastrophe struck and money became an issue, what would I do, would I miss the daily interaction with the people with whom I worked for many years?

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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Disappointed in herself for not winning her doctorate, recovering from an injury caused by an attack in the service and suffering from the rejection of a divorce, she could not bring herself to look for work. Get Laid Off From Work. For 12 years she worked as an assistant to research scientists – continuing to live with her parents.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

I won’t rehash our health insurance story here, because I have written extensively about it and INCLUDED OUR NUMBERS. This will take us most of the year. Read our Health Insurance Story: . What We Left Traditional Health Insurance. An Update on Medi-Share – September 2017.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” CCS presents Savvy Credit Card Use: Track Your Spending posted at Credit Card Smarts , saying, “A big key to using your credit card wisely is tracking your credit card spending. Thanks to NCR, using your smartphone to make withdrawals at an ATM is on the horizon. Se how you can do this any why you need to.

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