Education is everywhere. There is formal education like college and graduate school, vocational schools, personal growth books, courses, seminars, and much more. There are so many choices—it can be confusing and overwhelming. Many people end up going to college but then stop their education after that.
The average car payment for a new car in the United States is $563 per month, with the average term 70 months according to a recent article on Lendingtree.com. That’s 70 months, or almost six years of $563 car payments. For a family with two cars, multiply that number by two and you’ve got $1,126 per month!
Americans have a lot of consumer debt. In my last blog about debt payoff systems, I cited a recent study by WalletHub that found Americans began 2020 in more than one trillion of credit card debt.
We have a lot of consumer debt in the United States. A lot. In a recent study by WalletHub, Americans began 2020 in more than one trillion of credit card debt. The same study indicated that the average credit card debt per household was almost $8,000. And that was down from 2019 numbers.
My wife and I took our two daughters to get burgers and ice cream at the mall on a Friday evening. With restaurants being closed on and off over the past year, we haven’t been out to eat as much as we used to. Not that we used to eat out all the time, but we’d go out to eat once every week or two.
Money is the number one thing couples argue about according to this article in Business Insider. It’s also frequently cited as one of the top causes of divorce. It’s not money that is necessarily the problem—it’s the way we talk, think, and communicate about money.
As a little kid I can remember my grandparents reminiscing about the good old days and how much things used to cost. A pack of candy used to cost a nickel. A new car was a couple thousand dollars and they actually purchased their house for under $20,000.
You really like your job and don’t want to leave. You’re intelligent, motivated, good with people, and have a lot of job skills most employers covet. Problem is, your current position does not pay what you could be making with your skill set.
In my book Cash Uncomplicated, I devote an entire chapter to easy and effortless ways we can save money at the grocery store. I didn’t necessarily intend for it to be a full chapter, but as I was writing it, it became more and more clear that there was plenty of content to make it a whole chapter.
Those of us who watch sports know are a lot of clichés. If you listen to an athlete interviewed before or after a game, you’ll hear a lot of the same things: “We’re taking it one game at a time.” “I’m just going pitch by pitch.” “We have to execute and play our game.”
There’s a money evolution going on inside of you whether you know it or not. We are always learning and changing. Some people make productive
The power of compound interest is undeniable. Compounding starts off slow, followed by more slow progress, and then BAM! It’s off and running and your
Scarcity exists everywhere–with time, money, ideas, a general mindset about life, and a plethora of other things. The premise of this post is that scarcity
Financial Mistakes happen. As much as we try to avoid them, they will occur. Hopefully not twice, but that happens too. It’s something everyone has
