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Spending and Sort of Saving Our Stimulus Check

March 24, 2021 by Penny 5 Comments

Whether it’s your first, second, or third, receiving a stimulus check is pretty exciting. So what exactly do you do with it? It depends on who you ask. For many Americans, it’s long-awaited relief that might cover a few bills. For others, it’s an opportunity to make creative purchases. While the original purpose of a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Spend Tagged: charitable giving, charity, giving, pandemic, shop small, small business, stimulus check

10 Ways Our Saving and Spending Shifted This Past Year

February 9, 2021 by Penny 1 Comment
coins piggy bank spending saving shifted

Just about a year ago, scientists and money nerds alike started talking a lot about exponential growth a whole lot. Around that same time, I noticed a really unusual run on frozen pizza that had nothing to do with sporting events. Of course, as we know now, we were headed full throttle into a pandemic … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Save, Spend Tagged: budget, COVID, goals, pandemic, saving, savings goals

Revisiting My Goals in a Pandemic

July 6, 2020 by Penny 10 Comments
Make It Happen Or Try To

What a year these first six months have been. I already admitted that the goals I set in January feel like an April Fool’s joke, and then I spent some time thinking about how smaller goals might serve me better. It’s hard to focus on the future when it feels like all you’re doing is … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: COVID19, goal setting, pandemic, will

We Could Pay Off Our Mortgage – So Why Aren’t We?

June 15, 2020 by Penny 19 Comments
Waiting to Be Mortgage Free

Somewhere in the swirl of a pandemic, long overdue protests, and a slew of personal ups and downs, we paid our taxes. We also made a really exciting discovery during the deepest financial dive we do all year. A money milestone that I’ve been pursuing relentlessly unfolded: we could pay off our mortgage. But we … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: COVID, emergency fund, giving, mortgage, mortgage free, mortgage freedom, pandemic

Rethinking Goals in 100 Days & A Giveaway!

May 18, 2020 by Penny 30 Comments
Rethinking Goals in 100 Days and a Giveaway

To say it’s been quite the year is an understatement. And we’re not quite halfway done! I recently heard someone joke that all of us got our 2015 five-year plans wrong. Isn’t that the truth? I don’t think any of us are strangers to curve balls, but what happens when the whole season is cancelled? … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: book, Christmas fund, COVID-19, goal setting, pandemic, sinking fund

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