Tired of not knowing where your money is going and feel like you’ll never have the life you’ve been dreaming of? Perhaps it is time you start values-based budgeting. In this post, I’ll explain what the values-based budget is…
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Let’s discuss how to save more money. I’ll also show the long term impacts of saving and investing early and often with as little as $25 a month. If you’re on the fence about cutting out your expenses just…
In April 2020’s Spending Report, I’ll cover where my money went in April 2020, and how I’m updating my yearly budget now after a few life changes (including coronavirus and adopting a dog!). Life changes, and so should your…
Stuck inside due to Coronavirus quarantine? Tired of Netflix binges and scrolling through your Instagram? What a great time to learn something new, perhaps something like how to manage your money, eh? Perhaps something about this “financial independence” nonsense…
January 2020 spending report numbers are in, and… drumroll please… it was an expensive month for one-off expenses. I spent nearly $5k in January, about $2k of which wasn’t exactly planned. Taxes hit (spoiler alert: I did not get…
December 2019 Spending Report numbers are in and I’m happy to say I was under budget! Woot! This month has three pay periods in it so this spending report will be a little extra long and the numbers will…
How is November almost over? Wasn’t it August yesterday? I’m pretty sure I’m still stuck in 2015, but somehow it’s almost December and the numbers are in for my November 2019 spending report! Annnnnnnnnnd? I was under budget by…
I interrupt the “Destructive Relationships to Avoid” series to bring you– October 2019 Spending Report! Alrighty, it’s the first month of the second year of budgeting and there’s some cool stuff happening but some big stuff I’m still working…
ONE YEAR OF BUDGETING IS NOW COMPLETE! And I’m back from break! Finally! The two months went by as fast as a blink but it also feels like it’s been forever since I’ve blogged. I’m not going to dive…
This week at Clo Bare, we’re going to talk about how to create a budget. It’s simple, it’s straightforward and I’ll even give you links to download the actual Google docs spreadsheet (yes, I’m ancient and I use a…
The numbers are in for the June 2019 spending report, and there’s some good news, some sort-of wins, some surprising realizations, some changed decisions and some explanations. Although things have changed drastically since I posted the May 2019 Spending…