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I’m a huge fan of using a budget to keep up with your money and to be more intentional with the way you spend and save. Specifically, I’m a huge believer in YNAB as the best tool of choice to budget. Ever since I stumbled on it in 2012, I’ve never found a tool that […]

It’s pretty often that when I’m writing for this blog, I’m not just writing for you, I’m also writing for myself.  Especially when it comes to something like the subject of having good habits. Habits are so crucial for building a better budget.  Because a budget is really just an intention. It’s a bunch of […]

As a teacher, August has always felt like a really long Sunday for me. We spend half of the month preparing for the new school year, anticipating the return of old faces and preparing to meet the new faces.  But before we know it, we’ll have kicked off back to school, and it’ll be game […]

If there’s one thing I’ve done really well on in this life so far, it’s choosing who I married. Katie is not only my soulmate, but we make a really good team if I do say so myself. What’s great is that the longer we’re together, the more we grow together. I think we’re more […]

I wanted to share some pretty exciting news for us. At the end of June, Katie and I welcomed our third baby into the world.  Even though this is our third go around, I still feel brand new to being a parent every single time. I was talking to one of my student’s mom who […]

I almost spent $9 on really good honey at the store the other day.  Usually, in our relationship, we consider Katie to be the spender and me the saver. But honestly, I think I’m a spender in disguise sometimes. So honey was on my list at the store and I’m looking at the shelf, and […]

I’m a pretty self proclaimed nerd, and the stuff I get excited about is not what you’d normally share over drinks. For example, I love a good instruction manual.  Since having young kids at home, the amount of things I have to put together has grown almost exponentially it seems. Sure, you could look at […]

Sometimes, I can get stuck in a pattern of overthinking. Especially if I’m convinced that there’s only going to be one right way to do something. I can get stuck in a loop where I’m just constantly looking for new information to make the perfect decision.  It’s not enough to just make a good decision, […]

I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve written a new blog post.  But if I’m being honest, I’ve just felt a little stuck recently.  I don’t know if you’d want to call it writers block, or just distracted. I reached a particularly busy time at work in April, where I had a lot going […]

A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the four parts you really need to have in place to get control of your finances. Those parts were: Knowing your numbers-This means that you’ve got your finger on the pulse of where your money’s at. You know how much you make as a household, you know […]