An Open Letter to Millennial Cable Subscribers
Dear Twentysomething Still Paying for Cable TV, I’m glad you’ve taken a moment out of your extremely busy reality TV-watching schedule to, at least temporarily, press pause on the process of turning...
View ArticleLiving Well on Less: The Art of Being Frugal
Getting your finances in order can be a frustrating, even daunting task. It’s not fun to come to terms with a pile of debt or a budget that ends up in the red every single month. A financial mess is...
View ArticleSave Money by Getting Outside
Looking for something to do after work on a weekday afternoon? Is your only plan for Sunday brunch with friends, so when 3pm rolls around you’ll have no idea what to do with yourself for the rest of...
View ArticleLearning To Do It Yourself: Home Edition
In previous posts, I’ve stated that a great way to get frugal and save yourself some money was to do as much work yourself as you possibly could. This is especially true when we’re talking about work...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Need a Gym Membership
Image Source: Tulane Public Relations on Flickr We all know how important our health is and it’s becoming more widely understood that maintaining fitness comes with a laundry list of benefits. Working...
View ArticleFrugal Living & Pet Ownership: Mutually Exclusive or Harmonious Concepts?
Frugal living is all about living well with less, needing less stuff and using less resources, and being mindful of your waste. Many personal finance blogs – my own included – pride themselves on the...
View ArticleHow to Have a Fun, Fabulous, and Frugal Wedding
Earlier this month, I celebrated my first wedding anniversary with my spouse. It’s hard to comprehend that it has been a year since our wedding day; it seems both like it’s been ages since we got...
View ArticleHow to Have a Fun and Frugal Wedding: Part II
Two weeks ago I wrote a post on how to have a fun and frugal wedding. I got some great reader responses; folks made suggestions for more ideas on how to save, and just about everyone agreed that...
View ArticleWhy Hipsters Should Be Our New Financial Role Models
One of my favorite quotes about investing and money comes from one of the most instantly recognizable faces on Wall Street, the Oracle of Omaha himself, Mr. Warren Buffett: “Be fearful when others are...
View ArticleThe Importance of Saving No Matter How Much You Make
Even these guys need to save. Earlier this week, I read an interesting article about an NFL player who was calling it quits. After years of binge drinking, some partying, one incidence of substance...
View ArticleBusted Budget? Try a No Spend Week
The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry – and that includes the plans we make with our budgets. Try as we might, even the most financially educated and frugal among us will have a few days,...
View ArticleLiving Well Spending Less: My Old Couch is Here to Stay
That, my friends, is one.. uh, highly patterned couch that my parents kindly gave to me when I moved in with my then-boyfriend, now-husband nearly four years ago. Fast forward to today and it is still...
View Article7 Ways to Climb Out of Debt in the New Year
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas yesterday, and a Happy Boxing Day today! I’ve got a rockin’ guest post for you today from Jacob at Cash Cow Couple. He and his wife, Vanessa, know how to tackle...
View ArticleSave More Money in 2014
Are you ready to get a fresh start with your finances in the new year? Ready to take charge and let this year be the year of awesome financial decisions and progress? Of course you are! And I’m here to...
View ArticleWant to Travel for Free? I Know a Guy..
Most of us have heard of credit card rewards points – after all, these days there is a rewards card for just about anything. Some give you cash back at certain stores, while others give you a certain...
View ArticleA Frugal Battle Royale
Yeah babe, I went there. Sorry. Over the holiday break, I checked out The Millionaire Next Door from the library. If there was a required reading list for financial literacy, this would be one of the...
View ArticleKick the Obsession with Material Possessions
As fellow blogger Done by Forty pointed out in a comment he left on a recent post, the cool thing about personal finance is that the fundamentals are pretty simple. Once you understand them and put...
View ArticleTrue Life: Spending Money Hurts!
Going into 2014, I had some really lofty savings goals. Don’t worry, I’m haven’t given up on them already! Quite the opposite, really. Although we re-evaluated our budget and income right before the...
View Article3 Sneaky Ways to Save During College
The following post was contributed by Shanice Miller of Debt Free College Grad. If you’re interested in contributing to Common Sense Millennial, please check out the contribution guidelines and then...
View ArticleA Beginner’s Guide for Frugal Runners
Image via Pinterest If you need a new sport or hobby that won’t break the bank and will provide you with challenges, confidence, and a community of like-minded, crazy-supportive people, you need to...
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