Staying home to put water on the fire

After reading my way through the entire Mr. Money Mustache blog in a couple of weeks, one message in particular lodged in my brain. If you have debt, Triple M says, you need to imagine that your head is on fire. Debt is toasting your noggin like a marshmallow. This helpful image – my head … Continue reading Staying home to put water on the fire

2 batches of bills

FEBRUARY 2019 With the budget lockdown in place, we have a clearer vision of what the month will look like, as far as spending is concerned. By now, we've fully transitioned to me being the bill payer. I decided to divide the bills into two chunks, rather than paying them one by one, throughout the … Continue reading 2 batches of bills

Turning over a new leaf

DECEMBER 2018 & JANUARY 2019 Probably unfairly, we all attach undesirable traits to ourselves at some point. Hopefully, you think of yourself in positive terms more often than negative, but even one wrong impression of who you are can do a lot of damage. One of the biggest falsehoods I attached to myself was that … Continue reading Turning over a new leaf