by Maria Nedeva | 5 Jul, 2019 | Big picture, Budgeting
Being frugal with creativity and flare is a virtue. Frugal life is about being mindful with money, energy and time. Frugality is a test of what you value in your life and is empowering. My grandmother was extremely frugal. She grew her own food, never wasted...
by Maria Nedeva | 12 Feb, 2019 | Budgeting, Love your life
Most people set their money goals at the very beginning of the year. I used to do this as well and, just like most people, I didn’t get very far achieving these goals. Why, you may ask? No, I’m not weak and I certainly do not give up on my intentions easily once I...
by Maria Nedeva | 28 Sep, 2018 | Budgeting, Motoring
Let’s talk about the important and costs of safe motoring. “But, Maria” – I hear you say – “I want to talk about how to stretch my money to last the month; I want to talk about how to make more money. Why would I like to talk about the importance and costs of safe...
by Maria Nedeva | 17 Apr, 2018 | Budgeting
In this article I share 13 rules of effective budgeting to help you ensure that your spending matches your values. Budgeting may not be sexy, but it can be fun. You know that I’ve always felt ambivalent towards budgeting. On the one hand, I really don’t find budgeting...
by Maria Nedeva | 26 Jan, 2018 | Budgeting, Control spending
Today, I’ll tell you how to have fun on a budget so that you can see your friends, even when in money trouble, and keep your bank account happy. My friend J. Money did what we all should do: instead of trying to figure out what are the most popular money problems he...
by Maria Nedeva | 3 Oct, 2017 | Block 2, Budgeting, Control spending, Money management
People often ask me how I budget. Here I share the secrets of successful budgeting. Fair game; I am in personal finance and I have a personal finance blog on which I’ve written a fair bit about successful budgeting. I’ll be completely open with you: Most of the time...
