A Lifestyle Blog
The best thing about starting a new year is that we’re forced to reflect on the past and take a look at the wins (and losses) of the past year. One thing I love reading about are the best and worst purchases of the year. I did a recent best and worst Amazon purchases of […]
There is a middle ground between being deep into consumerism and being a full out minimalist. I cannot say that I am a minimalist but I do try my best to curb my consumerist habits and over-spending. In my attempt to do this over the years, I have been able to make some switches to […]
If you read my previous post you are probably here for the financial content of January 2021. With the new year comes new year resolutions of course. Two resolutions that always seem to be popular amongst people that participate in these types of exercises are: getting in shape (whether that be joining a gym or […]
How any times have you heard that 2020 was a difficult year (what an understatement). If you’re fiscally responsible, have already done an audit of what you spent in 2020 (or you have a running budget/spend report) and it is a LOT more than you expected the perhaps this post is for you. I regularly […]
This is my last “what I bought this month” for 2020. I cannot believe how quickly this year has gone by. For 2021, I plan on making this series more of a financial update/spend report sort of series where I will go into what I spent vs. what I budgeted for the month, whether I […]
Its been a while since I posted a debt diary post. Here is number 3. In my last post, I wrote about hitting the 5 figure mark. I struggled with writing another one of these posts because I just felt like I wasn’t reaching any real benchmark that was “post worthy”. However I think it […]
As we approach the end of the new year this is a great time to take a deep dive into your finances and figure out if you are truly happy with the ways in which you are spending your money. I go in and out of moods with how I feel about my current financial […]
Another month in the books. Since this is basically a personal lifestyle blog, I try to mix in a bit of diary-like posts here and there. These posts are not my usual “guideline” or “top tips” content but rather just an update on things I care about and love to talk about. I am not […]
Further to my recent post, here are some things to account for in your holiday budget. If you are a planner and a monthly budgeter I would begin accounting for your increase in spending for the holidays as early as October. I find that sometimes the earlier you are with purchasing gifts and decor (of […]
If you’re anything like me, you have already considered your holiday budget and have started planning on how much the holidays are going to cost you this year. It is so important not to lose momentum as we end 2020 (and what has been a pretty hard year for most of us). For those that […]