8 Habits That Help You Spend Less Without Tracking

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8 Habits That Help You Spend Less Without Tracking One of the biggest challenges in tracking expenses is staying motivated to record every purchase the moment it happens. Even accounting for the fact that many purchases can be made automatically or with stored payment methods, many people still find maintaining a detailed budget too much … Read more

The Parts of a Check and How to Write One

FROM THE ARCHIVE The Parts of a Check and How to Write One This is a preserved article from the Debt Free Forties archive. Confirm bank practices and payment-app policies with your provider before relying on them. As life becomes more digital, it’s less likely that you’ll have to continue to write checks. However, there … Read more

10 Simple Rules for a No Spend Challenge

FROM THE ARCHIVE 10 Simple Rules for a No Spend Challenge This is a preserved article from the Debt Free Forties archive. Time-specific details and first-person references reflect the original article. Thanks to Tik Tok, plenty of folks have been turned on to trying a no spend challenge. I love it when social media helps … Read more