168 Hours: Don’t Waste Yours
When it comes down to it, time is our most valuable currency. It’s limited and when it’s used, it’s gone forever. How do you want to spend your next 168 hours?
Marriage and Money: Do You Have a Plan?
‘He who fails to plan, plans to fail’, Proverb When you got married, did you and your spouse sit down and develop a plan for your family finances? I am a big believer that those who are proactive achieve the most success, and I have experienced this to be true in the area of money [...]
Why You Want a Debt-Free Marriage
When I wrote an article recently telling the story of how we paid off $54,500 in debt, the response was very positive, and I heard from a lot of people who were in the process of shedding their debt (or at least wanted to get started). However, the reasons that I heard for becoming debt-free [...]
Want to Improve Your Marriage? Build a Budget!
Budget. What comes to mind when you see and say that word? If you are like a lot of folks, it may sound like another word for constraint or a loss of independence. Maybe it brings on a sense of dread or an instant yawn. It may feel more like a four-letter exclamation than an [...]
Budgeting For Lazy People
A year ago on Simple Marriage: originally posted July 20, 2008 and considering all the news about the economy this can be a good refresher. I married a CPA. At the risk of offending the CPA society, your brains are just wired differently than the rest of us. That is definitely the case with my [...]
The Lazy Marriage’s Budget
Photo courtesy auntsmack4u I married a CPA. At the risk of offending the CPA society, your brains are just wired differently than the rest of us. That is definitely the case with my wife. I consider myself to be fairly good with numbers, and I did well in Math back in school, but I’m not [...]
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