Posts Tagged ‘ Budgets ’

Planning Ahead & No Restaurants in November Update

Here it is, November 16th. I can’t believe the month is half over. It really has been going by too fast. I hear this is what happens as you get older and let me tell you, I do not like it one bit. I’ve been working hard this month with my grad school classes as well as my freelance writing projects. Are you checking out my posts over at Enemy of Debt? I’m a regular contributor over there (if you’ve found my site because of EOD, thank you and Welcome!) I’ve also been doing some freelance writing. I’ve got...

Locate the exit aisles. Buckle your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride! To say that times are tough would be an understatement. Times are down right bleak. I can’t imagine them being all that much worse. Since my progress with this blog has become lax, I wanted to take a few moments to explain to you loyal readers why. For many of you this will be repetitive because you follow my personal twitter account and I’m a fairly active user of twitter. Please bear with me as I try not to make this sound like a...

Tipful Tuesday 04-27-2010

Happy Tuesday! This is the next installation of Tipful Tuesday. I am here to provide you with tips from my experiences. Remember, I am not a financial planner, advisor or even all that great with money. Today’s tip is to have a budget in place. Some of you may be thinking “duh, DP! Doesn’t everyone do that?” The answer is “no!” I never did a budget, I didn’t know why I would need one or even how to make one. I learned once it was too late to save me from myself. Making a budget is fairly simple: your...