Would you like to learn how to meal prep on a budget? Planning healthy and satisfying meals week after week can get exhausting. Having a family, a full-time job, a side hustle, etc. makes it even more challenging to cook during the week. I know I have fallen into that rut before, and many times… … Read more
Enjoy this guest post from Ashlyn. I’m all about shopping at thrift stores and buying used, so I definitely love this post! Below are her top tips and strategies. Hello there lovely readers of Making Sense of Cents! I’m Ashlyn, the writer behind Loves the Find, a DIY and budget living blog. My husband and I… … Read more
Hi, I’m Ariel, Michelle’s sister-in-law and editor! Working for Michelle has given me the unique opportunity to not only read and learn from nearly all of the content she’s published on 1 Dollar Financeover the past couple of years, but our relationship has given me a firsthand understanding of how her money making… Hi, I’m … Read more
The winter holidays tend to get people in the giving mood. No matter what time of the year it is, though, I believe that random acts of kindness can benefit everyone. Random acts of kindness can positively impact others and they are great for the soul too. Whether the gesture is big or small, every act can go a long way. The… … Read more
Well, we weren’t a one vehicle family for very long. We bought a Class C RV, the Winnebago Itasca Viva, the other day. You read that correctly. WE BOUGHT AN RV! Now, this wasn’t just a random, spur of the moment decision. We have been thinking about buying an RV for over a year now. We… … Read more
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live only off of 50% of your income? Do you think your life would be easier or nicer? Do you want to be a stay at home parent but don’t know if you can afford it? Maybe you want to quit your job and,… … Read more
One of my guilty pleasures is watching the show Extreme Cheapskates. I know that everything on the show isn’t real (quite a bit of it is fake from what I’ve heard), but I’m sure some people do go to crazy measures in order to save some money. I’m not making fun of anyone who is an extreme cheapskate because I know… … Read more
Is social media wasting your time or stressing you out? Today, I’m going to talk about over 100 things to do instead of social media. In a recent article, Why I Took A Year Long Work and Social Media Break, I talked about how I’m spending a lot less time on social media than I… … Read more
This guest contribution is by Ben Reynolds and Samuel Smith of Sure Dividend. You may remember Ben from his other guest posts – How I Became A Successful Dividend Growth Investor and Reaching Early Retirement Through Dividend Growth Investing. REITs are a topic that come up often with 1 Dollar Financereaders, so I’m… This guest … Read more
Next up in my Extraordinary Series is Eric and Brittany from Hourless Life. They are doing something very different from the average family – they currently live and travel in their Jeep full-time with their son. Yes, they live full-time in a Jeep! This overlanding family is driving across the world in their Jeep. Their plans… … Read more
