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Category Archives: Relationships
10 Life Choices That Will Hurt Your Finances
Sometimes people make life choices that end up negatively affecting them in their future. Life doesn’t always make things easy and when things get difficult, it can be difficult to make a good choice. Unfortunately, we live in a society … Continue reading
Posted in Budgeting, Education, Housing, Insurance, Personal Finance, Relationships, Work
Tagged college loans, dead end job, divorce, expensive wedding, felony, graduate school, Insurance, life choices, life style choices
12 Comments
Justification or the Truth?
I went out to lunch with a sometime friend/mostly acquaintance (it’s a complicated relationship) the other day and she spent the better part of the meal checking her cell phone, texting, and LOL’ing to Facebook posts. At one point she … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Relationships, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged financial security, justifying, needs, priorities, truth, wants, wise spending
4 Comments
10 Friends Who Can Hurt Your Finances
Friends. They can certainly be a blessing in anyone’s life. Unfortunately, we sometimes have friends who have negative qualities which can affect our lives and relationships as well. It’s far too easy to ignore the signs and pretend that these … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged competitor, enabler, fault finder, friends, friendships, gossip, jealousy, manipulator, miser, mooch, perfectionist
4 Comments
Let Them Judge You
A couple of years ago, I had a run in with the neighborhood jerk. A group of neighbors was trying to mobilize against a potential new road that would cut through some properties and lower the value of others. Everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged appearance, judging others, judging people, judgments, lifestyle, possessions, spending spree
2 Comments
We Are All Going to Die
A few years ago, I faced my mortality head on. An unexpected allergic reaction nearly killed me. Up to that point I, like most people, hadn’t spent a lot of time thinking about death. Sure, I’d done the unpleasant task … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged death, junk, life challenges, mortality, stuff, what matters, what's important
7 Comments
What Constitutes a Financial Red Flag in a Relationship?
Many months ago, one of my posts about how financially secure people eat leftovers turned up on another message board that I frequent. That board has nothing to do with finance, but the poster came across my article when she … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day: The Battle Between Frugality and Disappointment + $100 Giveaway
This time of year there are lots of tips about how to save money on Valentine’s Day. Advice abounds about ways to show your love for free and alternative gift ideas such as coupons for kid-free days and taking over … Continue reading
The Best Gift I Gave This Year
This past Christmas I gave many gifts. None of them were dramatically expensive, but my family really enjoys the gift exchange and I enjoy finding the perfect gifts for each person. The hunt is almost as much fun as the … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Personal Finance, Relationships, Shopping
Tagged best gift, charities, gift giving, holiday shopping, non profit, rewarding gift, support
2 Comments
$5 Down The Drain: Day 20
Despite my sister insisting that going out for coffee isn’t a real date, I had plans to meet a friend of a friend who was supposedly “perfect” for me at a local coffee shop. I had a few reservations about … Continue reading
What’s A Real Date? Day 19
Apparently, my thoughts of going to a coffee shop or hiking don’t qualify as a “real date” according to my sister. While I realize this is just another attempt by her to try to get me to spend more money … Continue reading
Posted in Minimum Wage Challenge, Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged coffe shop date, dating, grocery gift card, hiking date, minimum wage, pre-date, real date
8 Comments
Crafting a Healthier Approach to Work
I wrote earlier about just how far we should expect an employer to bend when dealing with work/life balance issues. The point of that piece was that while an employer may be willing to help you balance your work and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Relationships, Work
Tagged clear boundaries, expectations, family needs, life balance, needs, wants, work balance, work needs
2 Comments
The Importance of Living Well: Day 4
One of the main aspects of this minimum wage challenge is for me to not only live on the salary, but to live well on it. I think that my image of “living well” may not be the same as … Continue reading
Is Your Frugality Making Other People Crazy?
I don’t like to spend money. There, I’ve admitted it. Even when it’s for something that I know I’ll love and can easily afford, something inside me clenches up and I don’t want to spend. (I blame genetics. My father … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Relationships, Saving Money
Tagged compromise, driving crazy, Frugal, frugal friends, frugal way, frugality, hurting others, improve relationships, Scrooge
8 Comments
I Have No Money
It’s one of the worst feelings you can ever have. That moment when you see there is still a week left until you get you next paycheck and you have no money, little food and you have no idea how … Continue reading
Not Every Problem Needs A Store Bought Solution
The retail sector and the media love to sell us “stuff” to solve our every problem. They even try to manufacture “problems” just so they can sell us stuff. (I tend to think the no-touch hand wash system falls into … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Relationships, Saving Money, Shopping
Tagged barter, borrow, diy, do without, Do-It-Yourself, fix it, rent, repurpose, substitute
3 Comments
Don’t Be A Doormat
I recently wrote a piece about not being embarrassed to walk away from a bad deal. It’s better to deal with the embarrassment than to get stuck with something you hate. Deal making is a tricky business. You don’t want … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged customer service, doormat, making demands, respect, snubbed, stand your ground, treated badly, walked over
4 Comments
Preparing Kids to Be Successful
All parents want their kids to be successful. They want their kids to be independent, self-reliant, functioning adults that can make their own way in the world. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the kids will grow up to be rich, … Continue reading
10 Things That Don’t Seem To Be About Money, But Really Are
Many people fail to realize that almost all aspects of our lives are intricately weaved together with our finances, but it’s crucially important to understand that even things that don’t initially seem to have anything to do with finances or … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Frugal, Health, Personal Finance, Relationships, Saving Money
Tagged diet, Education, emotions, Entertainment, habits, health problems, Relationships, sleep, time is money
4 Comments
Get To Know Your Neighbors To Save Money
Many of us tend to go about our daily business without stopping to say hi to our neighbors. Even if we do give them a polite nod in acknowledgement, we rarely get to know them. Getting to know your neighbors … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Relationships, Saving Money
Tagged borrow, free labor, friendly neighbors, help others, neighbors, save money, sharing, swap
2 Comments
10 Free Ways to Make Someone’s Day
Never underestimate how big of an impact a small gesture can make. It really is amazing that simple things can have such an impact. Just saying something can have a huge impact, but it isn’t limited to words. Think about … Continue reading
Posted in Frugal, Personal Finance, Relationships
Tagged compliments, gestures, happiness, helping strangers, kindness, lend a hand, letters, listen to others, share, smiles
2 Comments