Personal Budget

As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had—vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture—and felt ashamed that she and her son lived in a small apartment and ate dinner on the floor. Worse, when her feelings began to exhaust her, she binge-shopped, reasoning that she’d feel better after a trip to the mall.

For most people, budgeting conjures up the same feelings as, say, prison and dieting. But your initial instinct couldn't be further from the truth. You just haven't budgeted the right way. You Need a Budget will teach you four simple rules to completely revolutionize the way you think about managing your money. With a budget, you'll break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and save more money. A liberating, enabling, empowering budget will actually make you feel more free, not more restricted.

Master your personal finances in just a few hours a week, even if numbers make you dizzy… Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck, always stressing over every dollar you spend? Do you find yourself constantly wondering where your money is going each month? Would you like to become more intentional with your spending and start working towards your financial goals, instead of just making ends meet? If so, then you're ready to take the first step towards financial stability. Developing a personal budget doesn't mean living a life of limitations or foregoing your favorite luxuries. It's ...

As a financial journalist and educator, Dana Miranda is on a mission to liberate listeners from budget culture: the damaging set of beliefs around money that rely on restriction, shame, and greed—much like diet culture does for food and bodies. In this long-overdue alternative to traditional budgeting advice, Miranda offers a new approach that makes money easy for everyone, regardless of the numbers in their bank account.

Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Do you want to take control of your finances and build a secure future for yourself and your loved ones? Whether you are just starting your financial journey or seeking to enhance your money management skills, this indispensable book is your roadmap to financial success. Inside this comprehensive guide, you will discover: 📊 Essential Financial Fundamentals: From grasping the significance of financial literacy to crafting actionable SMART goals, delve into the foundational principles essential for financial success. Learn to cultivate a ...

Are you a parent wanting to give your teen a head start with financial literacy, or a teen curious about investing and money skills for long-term success? This beginner-friendly guide breaks down personal finance, investing basics, and wealth-building strategies into simple, relatable lessons that inspire action.

Learn how Jack Gray, a successful and ambitious entrepreneur with an MBA, hit rock bottom financially but turned it all around and gained more wealth than he ever dreamed,within just a few months! He now spends his time sharing the tools and strategies he created to live his financial dreams.

Budgeting is one of the most important skills to your financial freedom. People either do or don't know how to budget. It's not taught in schools effectively, and most books only give band-aid solutions to help you budget. Don't waste any more time being broke and not knowing why. This audiobook has all the tools needed for a better financial future for you and your family.

The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least known but most effective retirement strategies in today's chaotic economic environment: retiring abroad. The premise is simple: Enjoy a happier, healthier, more fulfilling retirement than you could possibly afford in the US or Canada by finding the right overseas retirement haven. The audiobook reveals those affordable havens and the strategies for successfully making the move that could save your retirement.

“Is your rhythm of life disconnected from your rhythm of spending? You cannot afford to be frivolous with your money. Get WalletWise discusses personal money management basics so you can avoid money pitfalls, and lead you down the path of financial well-being.” — Ken Remsen In Get WalletWise, veteran financial coach Ken Remsen provides you with life-changing financial planning coaching and savings strategies that you can use to build wealth and working towards financial freedom, even if you have always had difficulty staying true to budgets, saving money, and being financially ...

You Don’t Need to Be Rich to Build Wealth. You Just Need a Plan That Fits Your Life. Are you a single mom juggling bills, debt, kids, and career—with little time or energy left to even think about investing? Have you ever said, “I want to build a better financial future, but I don’t know where to start”? This book was written for you. Wealthy Woman Rising—The Single Mom’s Step-by-Step Guide to Saving, Investing, and Building Real Wealth is the practical, heartfelt, no-shame guide to taking control of your money—even if you’re starting from scratch. With empathy, humor, and...

Take control of your financial future with the power of AI. Are you tired of budgeting tools that don’t stick, investment apps that overwhelm you, or financial advice that feels outdated? The AI Money Masterplan is your practical, jargon-free guide to using artificial intelligence - like ChatGPT and today’s smartest fintech tools - to save more, spend wisely, and build long-term wealth. Perfect for Gen Z, Millennials, and anyone ready to simplify their money journey, this easy-to-read book shows you how to: Set up a personalized budget in minutes using AI prompts Use ChatGPT to track ...

This book describes methods to design your budget to meet your financial needs without exceeding your income. Several examples of budgets are presented for various income levels based on typical living costs in basic categories such as food, clothing, rent/mortgage, utilities, transportation, insurance, entertainment, etc. Hints on reducing or eliminating expenses, saving and investing, and retiring debts are included.

In school, you’re taught about the causes of World War I, the intricacies of The Great Gatsby, and how to compute the area of a circle. Yet, practical everyday life skills that you’ll need for the future–such as how to handle money–are rarely discussed.

From the moment you discovered you were going to be a mom, you envisioned spending each day with your kids, guiding, teaching, and loving them. But diapers, wipes, shoes, and braces are expensive. Though it may feel impossible to manage on one income, author Erin Odom of The Humbled Homemakerblog is here to tell you that, through God's grace, staying at home with your kids isn't just doable; it's doable while living the good life. Erin shares 100 tips, tricks, and simple ways that she has provided the good life on a budget for her family, and you can do the same.

In this book, we'll look at ways to uncover your own personal psychology behind money, as well as practical methods to make and reach finance goals. From saving pennies here and there by cutting out mindless spending to rethinking your approach to saving entirely, we'll tackle your money issues the simple way: day by day. We'll consider realistic ways to save money, but also look in-depth at what it really means to live a minimalist life and what the true value of the items in our lives actually is.

Hate paying bills? So do I, and that’s why I stopped! What if I told you that I haven’t paid a bill in more than a decade and that my credit score is higher than 800? Would you call me a liar, or would you want to know how I did it? In this audiobook, I will teach you what took me years to learn. The One Week Budget is for anyone who wants to manage his or her day-to-day money without the day-to-day hassle. Does this sound like you? What are you waiting for? Listen to the audiobook already!

Dreaming of a self-sufficient life but worried about the cost? This practical guide shows you how to establish your homestead on a shoestring budget. Discover smart strategies for affordable food production, resourceful living, energy savings, and building skills that empower you to thrive, no matter your wallet size. Start your sustainable journey today!

The only thing between most people and more money is knowledge. If you don’t have money, it’s because you don’t understand money. If you don’t understand money, then learn how to understand it. Simple You are so lucky to have made your way to this book. I am going to give you the simple step-by-step recipe for transforming your life by creating wealth and achieving financial freedom. It’s also about hard work. And the more hard work you do the luckier you get. This book is for a number of different audiences. It’s for young adults; twenty and thirty-somethings that are making ...

The Automatic Millionaire starts with the powerful story of an average American couple (he's a low-level manager, she's a beautician), whose joint income never exceeds $55,000 a year, who somehow manage to own two homes debt-free, put two kids through college, and retire at 55 with more than $1 million in savings.