As most of you who are regular readers know, I will soon be launching the Well Kept Wallet podcast where I will interview people who love what they do for a living. To give you a taste of the questions I will be asking in the podcast, here is an interview that I did with Andrew Schrage, the co-founder of MoneyCrashers.com. Unfortunately, he wasn’t available to do the interview for the podcast, however, I was able to ask him the [...]
Our story of how we paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months was featured in the US News and World Report and Fox News and we are so grateful for those opportunities. Since then we have been getting a ton of emails from people wondering where to get started. In response to this, I made a video called How to Create a Budget in 10 Minutes or Less. In addition, here are my recommendations on how to get started: 1. Subscribe to the [...]
The following is a guest post. With the average annual bill for a care home room now exceeding £30,000 in some areas of the UK, elderly people and their relatives are facing increasing difficulty in finding funds to support themselves. Sixty-two percent of people now believe that they may face ‘significant financial sacrifice’ in order to secure care for their loved ones’ later life. What is NHS Continuing Care? If ill-health is the main reason for a person going into a [...]
The following is a guest post by Laura Moulden on behalf of Nixon Williams, a firm of contractor accountants offering comprehensive accountancy services to businesses throughout the UK. Click here to find out more. Fourteen percent of the UK’s workforce is now made up of the self-employed, with around one in four of these having made the decision to go it alone after being made redundant from a full-time job. One of the most challenging aspects of setting up as a sole trader is managing your [...]
Do you find it challenging to not spend money? Does it feel like there is always something to buy every time you get a paycheck? If so, this challenge is for you. No Spending Challenge If you want to get on track with your finances then consider this challenge to not spend money. Here are some tips on how to make it through the challenge without going crazy: 1. Create a Financial GamePlan – Planning will be key to ensure [...]
One of the most fascinating things about being a blogger is to see the keywords people use to get to my site. What I find most interesting is that many of search terms have to do with “actual” wallet’s that people keep money in. Perhaps I should start selling wallets? I will have to think about that one. But for the time being, here are my top ten most interesting search terms from 2012: 1. Wallet that gets harder to [...]
I am in shock at how much traffic I get from Pinterest, especially when it comes from my “Personal Finance” board. Apparently there are people out there that want to get control of there finances and they hang out on Pinterest. Here is a list of the pictures I’ve pinned that have got the most re-pins: 711 Re-Pins Source: wellkeptwallet.com via Deacon on Pinterest 16 Re-Pins Source: moneysavingmom.com via Deacon on Pinterest 13 Re-Pins Source: blissfulanddomestic.com via Deacon on Pinterest [...]
I have been spending more time checking out other personal finance blogs and I have been really impressed with the quality of what is out there. I learn a lot from people who are good at what they do and I love to share what I learn with others. Here are some posts that I read this week that are worth reading: Jason at WorkSaveLive writes Overcoming Murphy’s Law – Our Journey out of Debt Greb at Club Thrifty writes How Much [...]
This is a guest post from Jake Thompson at Moola Mind. Please join me in welcoming him to the site! Right about now you should be feeling some real pressure to plan the Black Friday attack. You wouldn’t want to miss out right? In fact, if you do, you could end up missing out on some serious sales… If this is how you are feeling, then let me tell you why you are the perfect target for advertisers, marketers, and salesman. How [...]
Start Up is an 8 week class that I created to reach Young Adults with the message of how to manage money well. The average young adult in America starts his/her professional career in the negative and it is my goal to help them Start Up. If you are under 35 and looking to get a handle on your finances this class is for you. In the class I will teach you the 7 Steps for a Strong Financial Foundation [...]
