Financial trouble is something that every person deals with. It’s easy, when you find yourself facing a mountain of debt and bills to panic. It’s easy to get caught up in hand wringing and worrying about how you’ll survive. Eventually, though, you have to take a deep breath and make a plan. Hopefully you’re not… Read more
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Spring cleaning on a budget: Useful tips for homeowners
During winter, many of us keep our windows shut and our doors locked to keep out the cold. This allows dust particles, soot from fires and germs to linger, so come spring, a good clean is essential! A bit of elbow grease can freshen up your property in no time – but you don’t have… Read more
Selling some livestock investment
It is almost time to sell my last 56 heads of cattle! I am not really happy about it, since the profits were really great and it has been a totally passive investment, but the pasture at the ranch is getting scarce and keeping the calves longer may mean that they lose weight by not… Read more
Save money with online shopping and a $500 giveaway!
Another awesome giveaway today, $500 in Visa prepaid gift card, check the end of this post for more details! I love online shopping, compared to store shopping. You can be comfortable, at home, don’t have to spend money on gas, park, fight the crowds, queue, or blame yourself for always picking the slowest cashier. It… Read more
13 money resolutions for 2013: #12 make a plan!
This post is part of a 13 money resolutions for 2013 series. You can check the first post for an updated list of the following ones. Already 12 money resolutions that we explored together, and I still haven’t said the B word. So I’ll say it. Please spreadsheet enthusiasts don’t throw stones at me. I… Read more
13 money resolutions for 2013: #10 stop buying!
Good morning! Today I am guest posting at Work Save Live, check out my post about how to save money on your new house! And remember you can still win $1,000 on the biggest giveaway ever hosted here. There is another $100 to win at the end of this post! This post is part… Read more
It happens to the best!
Good morning! My post for today is the 13 money resolutions for 2013 step 5: review your expenses, that you can read on that link if you haven’t yet. I accidentally hit publish instead of schedule on Sunday and instead of overwhelming people with two posts in their RSS thought I’d own to my mistake… 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
Twitter experiment: How I doubled my Twitter followers in a week (and why I won’t do it again)
I have discovered Twitter in July, when I launched this blog. I was a bit dazzled at first and didn’t understand many things, like how to get my tweets noticed when everything was going so fast and there were so many people out there. What I grabbed first, was that if I wanted people to… Read more