There’s a great deal of resistance out there to tracking your spending. I suspect that’s either because people think it’s going to be tedious, or because they don’t want to “have” to worry about every little thing — like getting a candy bar from the vending machine. (more…)

This is a guest post from Wayne at Young Family Finance. He writes to educate young families on the financial challenges of life, like paying your bills on time or retirement planning for young families.

Have you ever made a financial mistake? I guess a more appropriate question would be, when was the last time you made a mistake with your finances? Or maybe, What did you learn from your last mistake? (more…)

Holding yourself accountable is one of the keys to getting ahead in life. Of course, this applies to your financial life too — in everything from getting out of debt to achieving your financial goals. (more…)

If you’ve been reading MoneyCrush for a while, you probably already know that I’m involved in a variety of projects.

Well, one of those projects is something new that I’m super excited about: the first annual Women’s Money Week. I’ve been working on the project with Elizabeth Sanberg, who is the co-founder of GoGreenTravelGreen.com and one of the Wise Bread staff writers. (more…)

The following guest post is by Jeff Rose.

With the arrival of our third son, my wife has made the decision to leave the workforce. I give her props because I know, as every other parent knows, it’s much harder raising three young kids that working.

Don’t believe me? I invite you over to our house for a weekend.

When she leaves her job, we’ll be missing out on some of the wonderful benefits that come with a corporate job including her life insurance policy. (more…)

Despite being a non-coffee drinker (I know; the horror!) I loved Aloysa’s “Live a Little: Have a Latte” post. In it, she points out that some of the things we buy “make us feel guilty because we think we make frivolous and unjustified spending choices”. (more…)