Good morning! Today I am blog swapping with Daisy from When Life Gives You Lemons, Add Vodka. So after reading her post, head over to her site for my post about Zero Food Waste! Daisy is a Canadian blogger who runs the blog When Life Gives You Lemons, Add Vodka. When she’s not grappling for self-improvement on… Read more
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How to save money on grocery shopping
I really don’t like to shop or go to the mall, but grocery shopping is the exception. I love it. I could spend an hour every day choosing fresh produce for my lunch and a new kind of cheese. My fridge and cupboards are probably stocked with enough to hold a siege for a… Read more
Being Outside of Average
Good morning! I am pleased to present a guest post today from The Outlier Model, where they talk about their financial choices, who are definitely not the norm. Head over there to check my guest post about cheap holidays on the US West coast! The Outlier Model is a personal finance/lifestyle blog based on… Read more
I have joined the Yakezie challenge!
I am thrilled to announce that I am joining the Yakezie Challenge as of today! I know many of you are already challengers but if you do not know already, Yakezie is a network of great financial bloggers and they run a six months challenge before accepting you (or not!) as a… Read more
Preparing Financially for a Baby
Morning all! Today I am blog swapping with Glen from Monster Piggy Bank, so if you’d like to read some more, please head over to his site for my post about things we should be SPENDING money on! Also, it is not too late to enter the $100 giveaway that I am co-hosting, all the… Read more
Calculating the weighted average interest rate on your debt (and why I am not paying mine faster)
Hoping my little paradise will return more than my debt’s average interest rate. I compile all my net worth data around the 10th of the month, which is when all my monthly payments are done Mortgage on rental property Utilities on rental property Taxes Consumer loans (used to buy some land and invest) Monthly credit… Read more
Earn money while traveling? (part 2)
This post is continued from last week’s post No income while traveling? No problem! as a small series answering a reader’s question about how I manage my income while traveling the world. I spent the first year after graduating college traveling around the world, and backpacking on a tight budget. What I did after a year of… Read more
No income while traveling? No problem! (part 1)
If you are reading this post, it means that I still don’t have an Internet access in Guatemala, but I am certainly working on it! I received a question from a reader last week about how I manage to travel and pay my way around the world, and since several people have asked me in… Read more
How to save money on currency exchange
As I am getting ready to move to Guatemala, I am also putting my financial life in order and planing to exchange a lot of currency before I go. My mum is lending me money for a couple of months, until I get my flat’s money, so that I can put a deposit on… Read more
Understand the impact of money decisions with Planwise
Disclaimer: Today’s post is a guest post about Planwise, a tool that allows you to realize the impact of money decisions. It is FREE to use, and I am not making money by recommending it. Whether you are buying a home, a car, paying off debt or getting a raise at work, you can see how these changes in… Read more