YDNAB: You Don’t Need a Budget.
Let’s press the mute button, just for a moment, on the endless noise about budgeting. Everyone wants to tell you how to budget correctly, what a good one looks like, and so on. Instead, let’s …
Realistic Optimism for Skeptics and Grumps
Have you ever called someone out for being a negative Nancy and gotten this gem in reply: “I’m not a pessimist; I’m a realist!” I never liked the suggestion that you can’t think positively and …
7 Sneaky Bad Habits That Drain Your Energy (And How to Break Them)
Do you often feel like you have too much day left at the end of your energy? Do you routinely find yourself crashing midway through the day, wishing you could make it just a little …
4 Personal Finance Calculations That Don’t Really Matter
One of the hardest things about managing money is information overload. The endless stream of personal finance calculations, figures, terms, and choices to remember. The overwhelming pile of metrics and numbers may make you want …
Task Batching: Save Buckets of Time by Organizing Your Day
When you have too many things to do and nowhere near enough time or mental resources to stay on top of it all, there’s no better way to self-manage than through a technique called task …
No Motivation: How to Get Back Up When You’re All Out of Juice
Tell me you haven’t had a day like this – you wake up with a full plate, you know what you want to accomplish today and how to do it, but for some reason, you …
The 12 Best Personal Finance Books of All Time
I can say unequivocally and without a hint of exaggeration that starting to learn and read about money dramatically changed my life. Below, I will share some of the best personal finance books of all …
Why You Have a Lack of Self-Control, and What to Do About It
Struggling with a lack of self-control is one of the most common human experiences we face. And luckily for us, there are simple steps we can take to fix it. When self-control isn’t working quite …
Happiness is a Choice You Make Every Day
Happiness is something that most of us strive for, but it’s easy to get lost in the search. It’s common for people to talk about happiness like it’s a “thing” to be found and only …
4 Steps to Break Down Problems into Simple, Manageable Parts
Have you ever gotten yourself all worked up to solve a major challenge in your life? Was your solution to the problem to jump right in and go for it? This type of problem-solving approach …