Dating: How Do You Find a Frugal Partner?

In this post I talk about incorporating personal finance values into your dating life. So now that personal finance has become one of my central values, it is something I have begun to weigh as an important aspect of many, if not all of my decisions.  Also recently, I have begun to venture back into … Continue reading Dating: How Do You Find a Frugal Partner?

5 Ways I am Kicking the Urge to Shop (Shopping Addictions and Motivational Enhancement)

In this post, I will talk about the addictive nature of shopping, and how to manage impulses to shop. This post is a follow-up to my recent post: The YNAB Glitch: What Happened When the Budget Went Down (a.k.a. Self-Control or Lack Thereof) .  I wanted to follow-up on some more after-shocks I experienced from my spending … Continue reading 5 Ways I am Kicking the Urge to Shop (Shopping Addictions and Motivational Enhancement)

The YNAB Glitch: What Happened When the Budget Went Down (a.k.a Self-Control or Lack Thereof)

This post is about what happened when a glitch in my budgeting software rendered my budget meaningless, and what I did in the 48 hours that followed. So last weekend, I signed into my YNAB account to do my regular budgeting activities.  In case you are not familiar with YNAB, let me introduce you.  YNAB … Continue reading The YNAB Glitch: What Happened When the Budget Went Down (a.k.a Self-Control or Lack Thereof)