Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwDKdxISddo. In this episode, I answer two questions from members of the Maddy Money Community on Facebook: 1) How do you responsibly budget for meal planning? 2) How to deal with unexpected expenses when you haven’t saved an emergency fund yet.
Category: Budgets
The Maddy Money Show | Episode 4: Financial Principles
Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paHMbO6RvsY. In this episode, I explain the financial principles that I follow that allow me to achieve my financial goals.
The Maddy Money Show Episode 2: Sticking to a Budget
Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWeBT0nsPzU. On this episode of The Maddy Money Show, I drop some serious T on what I do to stick to my budget. Everyone teaches how to MAKE a budget, no one talks about what needs to happen to STICK to a budget. Sticking to a budget is not easy. I have not…… Continue reading The Maddy Money Show Episode 2: Sticking to a Budget
How Learning to Say “No” Can Help You Achieve Your Financial Goals
Have you ever made a financial decision based on guilt and/or pride? Making money decisions based on emotions rarely helps me achieve my financial goals. They usually end up messing with my budget and setting me back. Through experience, I learned I needed to eat some humble pie, swallow my pride, and start saying “NO.” I had…… Continue reading How Learning to Say “No” Can Help You Achieve Your Financial Goals
The Maddy Money Show Episode 1: Budgeting
Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rNmMDkLMUE. You may have thought I have been slacking, but I have actually been learning to produce a TV show for you guys through Vermont Community Access Media. And guess what? The first show is here! Check it out here on the new Maddy Money Youtube Channel.
How I Switched My Money Mindset From Scarcity to Abundance
When I first realized I had to start taking my finances more seriously, I started by creating a zero-based budget. A zero-based budget is one where, at the beginning of every month, I take my monthly income and allocate every single dollar to a budget category (groceries, cell phone bill, eating out, savings, debt payments,…… Continue reading How I Switched My Money Mindset From Scarcity to Abundance
Impulse Purchases 101
Impulse purchases are the dynamite that blows up any budget. I made one this week. I was cruising through town with a friend that wanted to innocently check out a few stores. $100 later I am recovering from a retail coma. $78 out of the $100 was a Halloween costume from a store that does…… Continue reading Impulse Purchases 101
