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Grab financial literacy worksheets kids and teens can actually relate to, from teen budgeting and savings goals to bill-paying practice. Trying to teach teens about money concepts that seem way off in the future is quite challenging. I mean, teens are wayyyyyy more worried about who they’re sitting with at lunch than learning about the importance of saving 3 months of expenses in an emergency fund. It’s a complete mismatch of priorities. But let’s be […]
What caught my eye this week. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Weekend Reading – featuring the week’s best money and investing articles from around the web – can be read by any logged-in Monevator member. Alternatively please subscribe to our free email newsletter to get future editions direct to your inbox. The post Weekend reading: Scottish Mortgage’s bumpy ride appeared first on Monevator.
This post serves as a recap to this year’s No Spend February and Minimalism in March challenges. The post 2026 NO-SPEND FEBRUARY & MINIMALISM IN MARCH RECAP appeared first on a life on a dime.
Another busy week, and I completely missed Earth Day. I’ll make this a smaller post and call it good enough for Earth Week. Last year, I did a ten-year solar review, and there isn’t too much new to report. In 2025, our solar panels have produced 8.3MWh. It looks like our average price per kilowatt hour was $0.28 last year. That’s down a couple of cents from the 30 cents last year. Overall, that means […]
We have entered an incredibly busy season for our family. Spring is hubs’ busy time at work, and he’s often stuck there through the dinner time hustle. Meanwhile, the kids are in sports and taking piano lessons and are at the age where they plan friend meet-ups at the mall and all kinds of other shenanigans. It all means we’re lucky to be home for one weekday night per week! The rest of the time, we’re in the car shuffling from here to there and back again. It’s all well and good when hubs is here because we’re a great team with divide-and-conquering. He will sometimes go to the sports games while I stay home making dinner. Other times he’s the one prepping a meal while we’re running around. Either way, it’s nice to come home to a home-cooked meal. But that plan is out the window when hubs is tied up at work and I’m solo-parenting the kids in multiple directions! We’re not a big “fast food” type of family. We dabble in some Chick-fil-A goodness every once in a while, but otherwise we only really have fast food when we’re on road trips and I’d prefer to keep it a rare once-in-awhile type of thing than turning to fast food as a crutch to get us through the busy season. In addition to the health implications of frequent fast food, there’s also the financial implications. Even fast food can run about $11-12/person these days! I can make a meal cheaper than that – with leftovers for my lunch the next day, too! So I turned to some mom friends for help and advice! I asked for their favorite dinner ideas and suggestions for those on-the-go nights when we need food fast, but don’t want to turn to fast food. Here’s what we’ve been eating lately: Crockpot meals Ham and potato cheese soup – I never really use a recipe. Just chopped up ham (I had frozen leftover easter ham), with potatoes, chicken broth, some seasonings, and I throw in crowns of broccoli toward the end. Mississippi Roast – This is a standard go-to in our house. We usually serve it with mashed potatoes (which can be made ahead of time!) Angel chicken – This was a new to us recipe. I’m personally not a big fan of sauces or gravies that use “cream of” soups (reminds me so much of the casseroles I grew up on in the 80’s!), but the kids liked it a lot so that’s a win! Prep Ahead meals Ground beef taco bowl – I make these with whatever ingredients we happen to have. There’s always seasoned ground beef with lettuce and cheese. Depending on what we have, we sometimes include tomatoes, avocado, sour cream, roasted corn, and even tortilla chips. We serve it atop rice (either plain or a Mexican flavored variety). I have everything prepped and we just assemble when we get home. Greek Gyros & Tzatziki sauce
Stop. I know you read this title and attempted to turn and flee back out the door. I anticipated this and caught you by the back of your shirt. We need to talk about this now. If you’re reading this blog, you’re likely Millennial or Gen Z. They’re the largest pie slice of animal lovers—one in three owns a pet. And our attitudes about pets are really intense. Half of us describe loving them more than our own mothers. And all of those pets are doing the absolute worst thing any pet can do: getting old without us. You likely won’t have experience with being solely, directly responsible for managing a living being’s decline and death. So we’re going to explain what’s gonna happen, and give you our very best insights. I promise to make this discussion as brief, honest, and detached as possible. We’ve written maudlin tear-jerkers about pets before, and I swear this won’t be one of those. But this is a subject that’s sadly present for both of us right now. Life’s given us lemons recently; this guide will be the lemonade. We want to give some guidance to the people who will one day face the same challenge, so they can feel prepared. All of this advice comes straight from our hearts. At the end, there’s a handy checklist for your convenience. If you do everything on it, you’ll be as ready as you can be for the end of your pet’s life. Many of them are actions you can start taking long before your pet gets grey around the muzzle, so don’t put off reading it. This article was originally written when Jess and I were both navigating the end of a pet’s life. Life simultaneously gave us lemons; this guide was the lemonade we offered to you! Because this has remained one of our most shared articles of all time, we’ve decided to present it again in both audio and video formats, to make it as accessible as possible. It has been lightly expanded since its original publication, integrating some great comments and feedback we got from readers, including both pet owners and veterinary professionals. [embed]https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Hch8ga9xTk&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent[/embed] Why does this feel so hard? If you read this blog, you’re likely Gen Z or Millennial. They’re the largest pie slice of animal lovers—one in three owns a pet. And our attitudes about pets are really intense. Half of us describe loving them more than our own mothers! And all of those pets are doing the absolute worst thing any pet can do: getting older faster than us. A lot of our readers are too young to have experienced being solely, directly responsible for managing a living being’s decline and
Welcome to “Thank God I’m FI” Friday, Volume #170 Here are some things I really like and that you might too! **Note To My Readers – I sometimes get complaints about ads on my blog (too many). I’m kind of… The post T.G.I.F. Friday: Volume 170 appeared first on Accidental Fire.
Your budget doesn’t need perfection. It needs consistency that bends when life does. If you’ve ever felt like budgeting only works when everything else in life is calm and predictable—this article is for you. Here’s how to stay grounded in your money plan even in the chaos. The post How to Stay Consistent With Your Budget—Even When Life Gets Messy appeared first on The Budget Mom.
If you’ve stumbled across EconomyBookings.com while hunting for a rental car deal and found yourself wondering whether it’s actually trustworthy, you’re not alone. The prices can look surprisingly low, the platform isn’t as household-name as some competitors, and the natural question is: is this too good to be true? This article is an honest, impartial evaluation of EconomyBookings. We’ve analyzed how the platform works, dug into user feedback across third-party review sites, and weighed up […]
In a financial environment marked by unpredictability and change, investors are searching for assets that promise long-term stability. Among these, precious metals, including gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, stand out as dependable means of preserving wealth. Their appeal is not just rooted in tradition but in their proven ability to perform during both economic growth and uncertainty. Whether you are a seasoned investor or new to the world of alternative assets, working with trusted partners […]
Superb Companies Financial statements are an aid to business thinking We only want to invest in superb companies. But we won’t buy them unless we can buy them at extremely attractive prices. This post focuses on how we can identify superb companies. We are looking for companies with a sustainable competitive advantage that allows the company to earn excess returns on capital for a long period of time. We would like to be assisted in […]
One of the things I enjoy doing when visiting another city is taking public transit from the airport. Even more enjoyable to me is taking public transit from an airport in a city where public transit isn’t typically thought of as an option. Last winter, for example, I went on a trip to Las Vegas and took the bus from the airport to my hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. The vast majority of people […]