Top stories published by How I Money in March of 2021

Particularly — but not only — during the pandemic, I’ve found myself buying something to give myself a quick pick-me-up, a little dose of stimulation or excitement or just change, especially when I’m bored. I’m working to break this habit, because frankly spending money on…

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Mar 17, 2021

How I save

Part of my reasoning behind keeping this blog anonymous (aside from the friends I’ve told — hi, pals!) is that I wanted to get personal about how I money. I want to use this post to get into more detail of what I, specifically, do. I’m using myself as an example because I’m not a financial advisor or…

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Mar 10, 2021

Your biggest expense might not be what you think it is

Budgeting is important. It helps you see where your money is going and why, and it helps you control those flows in and out of your wallet and bank account. Maybe your biggest expense is your mortgage or your rent. Maybe it’s…

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Mar 17, 2021

How I invest (part 1 of many)

Heard of bitcoin? Non-fungible tokens? Ethereum? Dogecoin? Naked short selling? Credit default swaps? How much of those do you understand? A lot? Maybe not so much? Because I will freely admit, there’s a lot I don’t understand in there.

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Mar 23, 2021

Ikea cooking with scraps recipe book

Remember how I talked about making vegetable broth with kitchen scraps? Well, Ikea has now done me one (or many) better: They have a free, downloadable recipe book specifically about cooking with kitchen scraps.

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Mar 8, 2021

Tracking your expenses (Budgeting 201)

I’ve laid out my basic budgeting system before. It’s a simple, workable strategy that keeps me living within my means and saving money every month without driving me crazy with numbers constantly dancing around in my head and occupying my attention.

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Mar 4, 2021

If at first you don’t succeed

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Mar 8, 2021

Use what you’ve got pt 2 (or why do you even have it)

I’ve talked before about using things that you have to try to squeeze every last drop of usefulness out of things. (My husband jokes that I have a vegetable stock factory in our kitchen, I make it so often.) But now I want to ask you an…

February 2021

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