In this post, I’d like to describe my approach to home environmentalism by asking yourself what’s in your trash can.
Category: Budget
How to Make a Crash Budget
I’ve been actively on the phone making tons of calls to research changes to nearly every reoccurring expense so I can share how to make a crash budget.
Scaling Expectations: How I use prototyping to organize
This post is about how I use prototyping to organize my home. I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while.
My Budget in the EveryDollar™ App
In this post, I tried using my budget in the EveryDollar™ app, the free version, and compared them. I tried several techniques when I started budgeting and I really hated all of them.
Home Maintenance – Vinyl Siding
I had planned to post about home project planning. Then we were hit by 90 mph winds that ripped three pieces of my house’s vinyl siding off. So instead, this post is about spontaneous home repair.
Systemizing 2021 Habits
At the end of the year, I like to take to evaluate new habits and routines. I decide how I can make some of those things easier.
Christmas Gift Ideas 2021
Many Christmas gift ideas are expensive, especially experiences. Here are some of my favorite low cost gift ideas.
Reduce Holiday Stress and Create Connection
Holidays can be stressful for many reasons. When all we wanted was to be merry and bright, the last thing we need is to be stressed out through the holidays. This article includes some ideas to reduce stress and create connection this holiday. After I acquired a brain injury I’d found holidays would bring me to tears. The larger the gathering the greater the crying. I couldn’t understand it. It was Christmas! What I learned…
Budget Reduction – Meal Planning
Budgeting has revealed several categories of unnecessary over-spending and a general lack of control. When you first start budgeting, similar to the Konmari system, you are instantly surprised to discover where your money is going. This is really just tracking your spending. When you begin to build the budget you start to see where you’re excessively spending. I really can’t say I was surprised in my food spending. Food is complicated for me and we’ll…