Yep, that's right. Good ol' Excel. I'll be honest - I scoffed at the thought of Excel being beneficial to my budgeting wants and needs but truthfully it has been by far the most helpful. In our day and age... Continue Reading →
Budgeting is usually boring. There's no denying that. Thankfully though we live in a day and age when there's a ton of nifty apps and technology to make it a little bit less daunting. All the apps and tech I... Continue Reading →
Why isn't there a required class in high school called Life S%*T 101? I am only a decade past my highschool graduation but I can safely declare 90% of the math I learned in highschool will never be used by... Continue Reading →
If you Google Millennials and finance you will get a ton of results that talk about student debt. And there is certainly no denying that we have a ton of student debt, The average millennial with student loans is carrying... Continue Reading →
We have been trucking along in our road to financial stability for months now. Money management has always been a struggle for us. I’ve been doing tons of research and listening to oodles of podcasts on money smarts the past... Continue Reading →
Scrolling through your Facebook and Instagram feeds you are bombarded with snippets into everyone else's lives. Not that it's a bad thing, it's kind of the point of social media BUT take everything you see with a grain of salt. ... Continue Reading →
Think of all the worst financial decisions you could make. Got them? Chances are my husband and I have done them all! Lived without a budget? Check. Got credit cards we couldn’t afford and maxed them out? Check. Ignored bills... Continue Reading →
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that fast food, restaurants, and coffee shops are BY FAR our biggest downfall. We have zero cooking passion and we are lazy (you know, stereotypical millennial over here). It’s a bad combo,... Continue Reading →
Out of the Woods Family Finances 