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I hope that you’re able to take some well deserved time off and spend some time with family today.  I always feel like milestones and holidays like this one are a great opportunity to take the time to stop and reflect on where you are with your goals and life. And today, take some time […]

Do you ever stop to ask yourself if you’re actually chasing the right things?  Whether that be with your money or how you spend your time or what you’re doing in your career, it’s often really helpful to do an audit of the way you’re living your life to make sure you’re still headed in […]

Back when Katie and I had first gotten married in 2011, I was obsessed with everything personal finance. Now that we had our own finances to manage as a couple, I was consumed with wanting to do it right. The first several years we were married, we tried budgeting a bunch of different ways. We […]

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 […]