Budgeting

  • 529 Plans for Sky High College Costs

    529 Plans for Sky High College Costs

    529 plans are a great way to save for college because of the potential triple tax benefits. Learn how to estimate how much to save today to pay for college.

  • Better Results with a Savings Rate

    Better Results with a Savings Rate

    Get ahead in life by making more money, and spending about the same. Learn how to measure your personal finance progress by tracking your savings rate.

  • How to Best Optimize your Savings

    How to Best Optimize your Savings

    Optimizing your savings is about protecting yourself during emergencies and achieving your short term goals, even if you have debt.

  • Why You Need to Fuel Your Savings

    Why You Need to Fuel Your Savings

    Actively saving money is the first step towards financial independence. Without adequate savings, you risk losing all you have worked for.

  • How to Stay on Budget with Two Simple Numbers

    How to Stay on Budget with Two Simple Numbers

    There’s an alternative to tracking every penny. You’ll only track two numbers. It works if you’re honestly dedicated to fueling your life goals.

  • 10 Tips to Win the Budget Game

    10 Tips to Win the Budget Game

    In Part 3 on budgeting, we’ll take a deep dive into my top 10 strategies for making thoughtful adjustments so we can consistently win the budget game.

  • How to Budget with a Real Life, Really Lost, Boy

    How to Budget with a Real Life, Really Lost, Boy

    In Part 2 of our series on budgeting, we’ll use real numbers to create a Budget After Thinking to better align our spending with our true motivations in life.

  • How to Make a Budget After Thinking

    How to Make a Budget After Thinking

    In Part 1 of our budgeting series, we aim for planning ahead of time with a budget that stops the disappearing dollar and fuels our ultimate life goals.

  • You Should Want to be Good with Money

    You Should Want to be Good with Money

    You should want to be good with money. Money can give you choices. Money can give you personal power. Money can give you time.