It’s Friday! That means Q + A with Maddy. You can always submit your question to be answered by me anonymously by submitting here. Hey Maddy, Below is a proposal I just sent to my Spouse. We are finally both earning again, and I desperately want to get back on track with our finances. What…… Continue reading Friday Q + A with Maddy!
Why I Live In A Luxury Apartment…But Drive a Hoop-Dee
My car is an embarrassment. It has 246,640 miles on it. It is 17 years old. My driver’s side window does not roll down, so everytime I go through a drive-thru I have to open the door. Also, my window does not go all of the way up, so my coworker duct-taped the gap so…… Continue reading Why I Live In A Luxury Apartment…But Drive a Hoop-Dee
4 Signs You are Not “Good With Money”
Many people think they are good with money and they are not. I was one of those people. As long as my bills were paid every month and I had money left over for coffee and eating out, I thought I was a boss! The truth was that I was on the brink of financial…… Continue reading 4 Signs You are Not “Good With Money”
8 Steps I Took To Get a Raise and a Promotion within 2 Months of Starting A New Job
The day after Memorial Day 2017, I started a new job working as an IT administrator for a retail company. Whatever that means. I had been warned that I was going to be laid off as a marketing manager for my previous job, and I had to choose between a job reading contracts for a solar…… Continue reading 8 Steps I Took To Get a Raise and a Promotion within 2 Months of Starting A New Job
On Discipline
What do financial freedom, health and fitness, education, achieving goals, maintaining relationships, and overall success in life have in common? One word: discipline. The only way I have achieved anything in life was having discipline. This was much easier when I was younger. I was picked on a lot and had few friends, so it…… Continue reading On Discipline
So About The Last 6 Months…
So I committed the ultimate blogger don’t and stopped posting for six months. The truth is, I was going through a lot of ish: I found out that I was going to be laid off from my job. So finding out you are getting laid off from a job you hate is a blessing and…… Continue reading So About The Last 6 Months…
Why I Will Never Get A Raise or Promotion At My Day Job…Yet Will Still Get More Responsibility
When I started at my day job in 2015, I was so excited. It was my first real job. It didn’t matter that I had no interest in what the company was doing or that marketing did not align with my values (manipulating human psychology to sell crap never sat right with me.) I was…… Continue reading Why I Will Never Get A Raise or Promotion At My Day Job…Yet Will Still Get More Responsibility
How I Increased My Credit Score by Over 150 points in 3 Months
When I checked my credit score two years ago, it was categorized as very poor. Low 500s. Even though I knew I was more than a number, I couldn’t help but feel shame about how I had managed my money over the past 6 years. From age 18-21 I made a serious of bad financial…… Continue reading How I Increased My Credit Score by Over 150 points in 3 Months
How Mint.com Saved Me from a Slow, Painful, Financial Death
No Mint.com did NOT pay me to write this. When you provide an amazingly useful product for FREE people will write and rave about you. I heard about Mint.com in 2013 as a junior in college. I vaguely remember creating an account and feeling weird about giving them my debit card information. But I did…… Continue reading How Mint.com Saved Me from a Slow, Painful, Financial Death
