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April 17, 2025

Financial Spring Cleaning: 9 Ways To Refresh Your Finances

As the flowers bloom and the weather warms up, it’s the perfect time for a bit of spring cleaning—both for your home and finances. Just like you declutter your closets, these 9 simple tips can help refresh your finances. Let’s get started. Read more.

Budgeting

April 3, 2025

What You Can Do To Prepare For A Recession

When a major storm is headed your way, you prepare yourself. The same should be true for a recession. Many experts predict the U.S. economy is headed toward a recession. These tend to go hand in hand with major stock market declines and unemployment.

Money Smarts

March 20, 2025

6 Tax Blunders To Avoid

You tear open the letter marked “Internal Revenue Service,” wondering whether it contains an unexpected refund. But, to your dismay, you find that you owe more than you projected because of a mistake on your tax return. Your heart sinks as you figure out where you’ll get the money to pay the bill. Read more.

Financial Wellness

March 6, 2025

10 Tips For Helping You Save And Grow Your Money

We’re fast approaching the end of the first quarter of 2025. How are your financial resolutions going? Did you start a budget at the start of the year? Have you cut back on credit card spending? Did you finally start an emergency fund? To help make your money go further, here are 10 tips to help you save and grow your money. Read more.

Budgeting

February 27, 2025

10 Short Money Tips For The Shortest Month Of The Year

In honor of February, the shortest month of the year, here are 10 short money tips for helping you lead a better financial life. Be sure to click on the links to learn more. Read more.

Money Matters

January 16, 2025

A Year In Review: Top 5 Most Popular Blogs from 2024

Happy New Year! As we kick off 2025, we’re also reviewing the top 5 most popular blogs from 2024. As you’ll discover, they covered a range of topics, from debt consolidation to working from home to scams. If you missed any of these blogs, we hope you take a moment to review them now. If you read them, thanks, we hope you found them valuable. Read more.

Money Matters

January 9, 2025

10 Quick Tips For Improving Your Financial Life In 2025

As the saying goes, time is money. And since you may feel you have little time to manage your money, here are 10 quick tips for improving your financial life in 2025 that take about an hour each and can help improve your financial well-being. Read more.

Budgeting

December 19, 2024

Budgeting For Retirement

The end of 2024 is almost here. For some people, the end of the year also marks the conclusion of their working life. Unfortunately, this double milestone is the first time many folks begin considering how they will make ends meet in retirement. Planning for retirement can be challenging. After all, it can feel like there are too many variables. How do you know how much money you’ll need? Read more.

Keeping Your Money Safe

November 14, 2024

The 2×2 System November: Research Your Employee Benefits and Flex Spending Money

The 2×2 System is where you set aside two hours on the calendar two times a month to complete a predetermined financial task. This modest but consistent effort can help you sustain financial health and build wealth in bite-sized chunks. Read more.

Financial Wellness

October 17, 2024

The 2×2 System. October: Planning For A Financial Emergency And Focusing On Education

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