MORE THAN ONE INCOME STREAM DOESN’T MEAN YOU’LL BE RICH! When people tell me that they earn a second income I’m impressed and nosey at the same time. Who wouldn’t be? I’m always keen to understand why people choose to earn extra money whether it be to get ahead or to stay afloat. A few months back I had a gentleman send me an email to ask about a third income stream because the money he earned wasn’t enough to make ends meet. As you know I worked two full-time jobs for many years just to get my foot in the door to where I am now a permanent employee but it’s not something that was easy. Sometimes I dread thinking back to all the time it took away from my family but it was something I did for all of us. A second income however doesn’t mean a second full-time or even part-time job it simply means earning extra money aside from your main money source. There are many of you reading this right now who probably have multiple money streams and YES that is awesome but as we all know the best money earned is that where […]
What’s Stopping You From Managing Money? : Dec 2017 Year-End Budget Update
THERE’S NO WAITING GAME WHEN YOU WANT TO MANAGE YOUR FINANCES EFFECTIVELY Whether you are in debt or not managing money must begin today if you want to feel good about your financial future. Personal finance management starts with a positive mindset where you believe your situation will get better and not waiting for opportunity to knock. Trust me, if I didn’t get my butt out there looking for a job when I moved to Canada or put myself back into school I’m not sure where I’d be today. I’d likely be working at a job I didn’t like but I would do it for the money. That’s the way the world goes but I certainly wouldn’t have ended my job search. Perhaps some of you reading this today may feel you are stuck in the same or a similar circumstance and although it may not be your ideal situation managing money must be a part of your routine. To App or Not These days there are apps for just about anything when you want to manage your money. There’s an app for your banking, budget, spending tracker, allowance tracker and so on. Personally, I think these […]
3 Budget Guidelines That Fuel Our Financial Success
TAKE WHAT MONEY YOU HAVE AND TURN IT INTO FINANCIAL FREEDOM If you think setting budget guidelines are financial over-kill than let me tell you how good debt freedom feels–damn good. You can do this too! The idea is to start somewhere small to get to where you want to go that’s far bigger than you have ever imagined. It may not happen as fast as it did for us, but you’ll get there. So go ahead laugh or say you don’t need to push the limits with your budget because I will shout from the highest mountains (right now that’s the snow pile at the end of our drive) that you get out of budgeting what you put in, full-stop. Creating a budget should be the least of your worries when it comes to budgeting because most people don’t even get past the first stages, “thinking about budgeting” As soon as the new year hits this blog gets power-housed from readers all over the world looking for budget tips. That’s refreshing to see but I’d like to see this happen not just in January and February, but all year-long. There are so many free budgets online including our […]
5 Examples Of A Wealth Mindset To Inspire You In 2018 : The Saturday Weekend Review #247
Building wealth from scratch takes more than just Money Who wants to become a millionaire these days? Not as many people as you think because they are working on becoming debt-free before anything else. You must understand that to reach your top-level of financial success you must carry a wealth mindset wherever you go and with whatever you do in life. Sounds like lots of work BUT if your goals especially for the new year are to smash debt, build investments and increase your income you simply can’t spend without mindful habits of the rich. Why the rich? Last year I published a post about Rich being my new Happiness and I wrote that to remind myself and others that YOU define rich, not anyone else. I wasn’t shocked to see how popular that post became only because most people are getting rich shoved down their throats these days. Never-mind becoming rich, I just want to become debt-free. For most people this year will be a year of finding even more ways to save money because budgets are getting tighter, employers are laying off or shutting their doors and minimum wage has gone up and so will everything else. […]
How To Fight Credit Card Debt With A Balance Transfer Option
A BALANCE TRANSFER MIGHT BE THE OPTION THAT WORKS FOR YOU Ah, the New Year, a new perspective, a new way of looking at things in our lives. For lots of people the New Year means making resolutions or promises to themselves to stay on track with their goals. Maybe your New Years Resolution is keeping that promise to yourself about quitting smoking and saving money at the same time or just saving money, online trading, starting a budget or starting a new career or second job. Beginning your year with a monthly budget can be a great start to tackling your debt. We’ve been using a budget for a number of years now and track all of our income and spending which includes asking for receipts. Sounds a bit boring but in part this is what allowed us to become debt free before we were 40 years old. Ultimately whether we had debt or not our budget allowed us to see what’s costing us more than it should and to adjust our spending habits to compensate for it. Related: How to create a results driven budget for 2018 I’m not going to lie to you, having a second […]
