Launching to Financial Independence & Helping Others Along The Way
I am a walking contradiction since I promote budgeting and frugality yet seem to live just as fabulous of a life as the next girl. Sure, I live in a fairly nice home and have nice clothes, yet that is all surface level stuff. I have a confession to make – on the inside, I’m a cheap, frugal minimalist who just looks expensive on the outside.
This shredded chicken crock-pot recipe has changed my life. Before I started making this on a weekly basis, I would stress about what I would bring to work for lunch. Now, I make a variety of chicken sandwiches for myself and my husband for our daily lunches.
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How do you currently view your accomplishments? Is your self worth based on material items and based on what OTHER people think of you? Is your happiness contingent on the fact that you can outwardly impress others? [Read more…] about Why You Should Stop Buying Crap & Change Your Money Mindset
Last week, my husband and I enjoyed some kid free time in one of our favorite places, Miami. The best part of it all (other than it being kid free, did I mention that already?), is that we went for practically free, only $22!. How you ask? Through a method called travel hacking. [Read more…] about How My Miami Flight & Hotel Only Cost Me $22
A few weeks ago, I posted on my Instagram page that we cut our cell phone bill from $175 to $85 a month (really $90 a month because the clerk didn’t know I couldn’t receive the additional $5 discount for auto pay and only 1 discount can be applied at a time….boooo)
Either way, going from a $175 bill to a $90 cell phone bill is a huge budget improvement, that’s a savings of $85 a month or $1,020 a year! [Read more…] about How Ditching My Cellphone Will Make Me Rich
