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Every night before I go to sleep, I go through a pretty straightforward routine. I start at the bottom of the house in the laundry room, the farthest place from our bedroom, and head upstairs slowly, doing lots of little things along the way.
This routine takes about three minutes. Most nights, I estimate that my actions during that routine save me about three dollars or so, all told. That’s $ 60 take home per hour of effort if you want to think of it in terms of wages. It’s a pretty sweet deal.
What does that routine encompass?
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This is a guest post from Tom Becker, a personal finance writer who specializes in detailed reviews of business bank accounts at Money Choices.
It seems that each decade brings new and innovative ways to manage your money. In the 1990s, you could use simple PC-based software to track basic income and expenses. These later evolved into reporting and analyzing powerhouses. In the 2000s, connectivity with the internet made PC-based software easy to synchronize with bank and investment websites and provided access to detailed account information right at home.
With the arrival of the 2010s, the next phase is to…
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If you pay for the care of a dependent, then you may be able to save several thousand dollars a year via a dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) or the Child and Dependent Care Credit. Here is a quick guide to how you can maximize your savings:
Eligible Expenses
The expenses you can claim are usually the same for dependent care FSAs and the Child and Dependent Credit: the amount you pay to someone other than your spouse for the care of a child or dependent. If you are claiming expenses for the care of a child, the…
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MSN Money says that couples fight a lot about money (FYI, they fight about money twice as much as they fight about sex) and lists six marriage-killing money issues as follows:
1. Debt 2. Personality conflicts 3. Power plays 4. Sorting out mine, yours and ours 5. Having children 6. Dealing with the in-laws
Here are some thoughts on these:
1. Yes, debt is a killer in many ways. That's why it's on my list as one of the worst financial moves anyone can make. I had a bit of debt when we got married (I don't think my…
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Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup! Today, we give you tips for living with less stuff, the things every frugal household should have, and the best time to ask for a raise.
Top 5 Articles
6 Easy Tips for Living with 100 Items or Less — Keep something only if you can find multiple ways to use it. There isn't much else you can do with a garlic press, but a coffee table can be a desk or a dining table in a jiffy. Stepcase Lifehack
10 Must-Have Items in a Frugal Household — Epsom salts is…
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This guest post from Dustin Riechmann is part of the “reader stories” feature at Get Rich Slowly. Some stories contain general advice; others are examples of how a GRS reader achieved financial success — or failure. These stories feature folks from all levels of financial maturity and with all sorts of incomes. Dustin blogs about maintaining a happy marriage at Engaged Marriage and at Fit Marriage. Previously at GRS, Dustin wrote about strengthening your family on the journey to financial freedom.
“Can we go to the store today, Daddy?” my five-year-old son Braden asked recently. If you have young children,…
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Earlier this month, Sarah returned to her work after an eight month unpaid maternity leave. Her return changed the flow of things around our house. Suddenly, I was back in the position of spending a lot of one-on-three time with the children, particularly during the workweek. This obviously has altered how and when I’m able to get work done and it’s made me crack down on being efficient with my work.
(An aside: every time I mention that Sarah returned to work, someone pipes in that she “had” to and that she is “supporting” me in being able to do…
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Here we go with the first round of Free Money Finance March Money Madness (to follow all the action click on my March Money Madness category link and scroll down to read all the posts involved in this subject.)
I've listed each "game" (one post versus another) in segments along with the wording provided by the author when the post was submitted. I've also listed a keyword after each post title to make it easy to vote (as a made-up example, you can just comment: Game 1: Saving; Game 2: Investing, etc.) Be sure to comment which one you…
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