How to Scale the 30 Before 30 Challenge to Your Goals

Though Seth and I approach this blog and this challenge with a heavy focus on budgeting, saving, and proceeding in the most affordable way possible, we also recognize that the 30 Before 30 challenge is simply not possible for everyone. For the single parents, the student-debt payers, or the doctoral residents who either don't have …

Pre-Financial Friday: an Update

Hey fam! Long time no...read. ~Quick update~ I have been absolutely swamped at work the past few weeks (last week I watched the sun set from my office every day and this week I watched it rise) so writing kind of fell to the back burner. Plus last weekend Seth and I spent the weekend …

What I’m Listening To: RPF 0006 – How to Afford Anything You Want in Life

Welcome back to another Motivation Monday- a (kind of) weekly installment of what I'm reading, watching, and listening to that inspires and motivates me! Today I'm writing about a podcast episode that was one of the first pieces of the inspiration puzzle that led me toward creating this blog. This one podcast episode will likely …

Our Next Trip!

Seth and I are in the very early stages of planning our next trip, but we wanted to share it with you! Both of our birthdays are in February (only 5 days apart), plus the ever-important Valentine's Day, so we thought this would be a great week to take a trip! It was recently brought …

How to Save When You Have to Spend: Part 2

Last week on Finance Friday I shared some tips on saving money on regular, recurring expenses. We all have bills- our car payment, phone bill, you name it- and those bills add up. But they don't have to be as much of a drain on your finances as they tend to be. Most of us are …

How to Save When You Have to Spend

Very few people have the expendable income to be able to afford to travel. And neither do we. Which is why a good portion of this blog is focused on the financial aspects of traveling: how we save, how we budget, and how we spend. There are a lot of ways to manage and control …

How I Budget: Downloadable Spreadsheet

Amanda here! Anyone who knows me knows I am Type A  from head to toe. I had 2 majors and 2 certificates while working 3-4 jobs in school, so most aspects of my life were pretty scheduled and organized. For that reason, I've developed some budgeting strategies for myself that I try to follow as …