Archive for May, 2008

How To Live Within Your Means

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Many families find themselves struggling to live within their means, either because they have too much debt, or because their spending habits/patterns are uncontrolled and they simply don't know how to change. Here are some quick tips on reining in that spending, and keeping yourself debt-free. Don't use credit cards. If you ...

Envelope Budgeting

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I recently came across an interesting way to make sure you stick to your personal budget. If you have been making a budget, but then have trouble sticking to it, you may want to give envelope budgeting a try. Here's the basic idea: 1) Make an envelope for every mayor type ...