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Monday Motivation-Financial Freedom
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Friday Round Up-Chores
So far, how is the month of May treating you? Mine’s been busy and the reason for lack of posts this week. So many chores and things that need doing that I lost track of time. It’s a reminder that our lives besides being self employed and entrepreneurs sometime invades on our work week. It’s also a nudge that we have to figure out what has to be done and what can wait. One thing I’m getting much better at is not working on weekends. These days I don’t even look at e-mails until Monday morning. For many years, I worked 7 days a week and didn’t quit till around…
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The CCC Toolbox is Back!
I’m excited to announce that you’re getting a second chance to grab a collaboration of 48 product creators to help you with your content – training, done-for-you products, tools, and resources. It includes my Self Publishing Toolkit Grab the Content Creation Collection for the low cost of $39.95 here’s the link, and yes, it’s my affiliate one and I will be compensated for your purchase- https://warriorplus.com/o2/a/zd9zt/0 Here are the other contributors and their products: Amanda Myers at Create Meow is offering the Sunflower Inspirational Quote Photos valued at $20.00 Angela Hobbs at Color My Agenda is offering the CMA Spring 2021 Special Bundle valued at $41.95 Lady Rayven Monique at…
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Life is Precious
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Inflation-Be Budget Smart
You can’t get away from the talk about inflation. How high will it go and how long it will last? Whatever the answer, bottom line is that goods and services cost more and therefore you have less money to spend on other things like maybe a vacation or putting money aside for that rainy day fund. Being budget smart is always about ways to get around obstacles, especially money related ones, so here are some tips to help take the sting off of inflation- Think Ahead Right now I’m trying to think one year, even two years ahead and figure out what I’ll need. Next question, is the product likely…
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Best Buys for May
It’s May, warmer temps and flowers and trees are in bloom and here’s a list of items that are best buys for the month- Home furnishings and most home goods….think pillows and vases. Pre Memorial Day, hotdogs and buns, paper plates and cups. Fridges, chest freezers. Mattresses Office furniture Any remaining winter clothes and winter related items In the supermarket look for lettuce, radishes, and rhubarb, Swiss chard and zucchini. You might also find strawberries and other berries being offered on buy one, get one free deals as a way to introduce the first crops of the season. (And on Thursday, (and somewhat related to this), the topic of my…
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Take Charge of Your Money
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Friday and April Round Up-What’s Ahead in May?
t’s the last day in April. Can you believe how quickly the month flew by? Did you get everything on your to do list done? I’m way behind on mine and one of the reasons for lack of posts here at BSG. I’m in the planning stages of a money mindset course I want to create and it’s taking longer than I thought. If you didn’t see my post about the change in e-mails, a reminder that if you signed up Feedburner which would have been between 2005-2013, that platform is going away. I’m trying to import everyone on the list to the new Mailchimp one but I think I…
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Money Mindset Makeover April Check In
It’s almost the end of April. Two months since the February Money Mindset Makeover Challenge. Did you follow along? Did you set yourself some goals? In June, we’ll do a three month check in to gauge how well we’ve done but as we move into that third month after the conclusion of the challenge, let’s do a mini review. Did you work on figuring out your assets and liablities? Figure out what some of your budget downfalls are? Look at ways to shave costs off your monthly expenses? Explore ways to bring in extra income? Is there anything you’re struggling with? If so, what resources do you need to access…
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Make Your Money Work For You
Is your money ‘sleeping’? Think about ways you can ‘wake up’ your money and getting working for you and not vice versa.