Saving Sunday: To buy or Not to buy
That is the question… always. “Shall I get it?” Since I decided to be more “financially responsible” several years ago, when in doubt, I ask these questions. Do I Must have it? How Long will it last? Financially feasible? Emotionally Satisfying? Each question has 10 points. 10 is YES – 5 is MAYBE […]
Saving Sunday – Millennials may learn from babyboomers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-15-left-in-the-bank-a-baby-boomer-makes-peace-with-less-1487259894 I created “save a lope” ™ to teach financial literacy to my child. The first thing was show him: We give CASH in exchange of THINGS. Money goes out of the wallet when we purchase things. Very simple. If we don’t have money, we cannot buy things. You save for things you need […]
Saving Sunday: Be boring!
“Automation” = “Autonomy” There are certain things that we have to do and get it done always, like doing laundry, paying bills, eating breakfast. Instead of waiting till have no clean clothes, have pay late fee or get really hungry that you cannot stop opening the fridge to look what’s in there, put the duties […]
Saving Sunday: Start small
“The secret to savings is knowing you have enough and stopping the voice in your head that thinks adding more will make you happy.” Imagine, at the end of the year, you will have emergency funds stashed away. You can start small ($20 a week will be $1000 at the end of 2017). To […]
Saving Sunday: This Holiday Season….
Shoppers around the country say they are planning to spend an average of $929 for gifts this holiday season, up from $882 last year according to the 32d annual survey on holiday spending from the American Research Group, Inc. Planned gift spending for 2016 is $47 above spending in 2015 and it is the […]
Planning … Sweetly
Every time I go to a market with my son, I will make a promise that he can tell me one thing he wants to get BEFORE we step in to the market. It could be a carrot, jelly beans, eggs – whatever he likes. The reason is – I am training him not […]
We waste too much …
Food Facts California Food Waste 100 billion pounds of food is wasted per year 40% of all food is thrown away or plowed over in farms 5 billion pounds of prepared food is wasted The waste is from three categories: (1) farms, (2) restaurants and cafeterias, (3) grocery stores California Hunger Millions of people are […]
2016 – I will buy less
This one was of my favorite poems growing up. Watch your thoughts;they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. Wish SaveALope will help you to establish a good habit. Happy Savings!
Wait… don’t throw it away yet
Since i became a mom – I am more careful about “food safety.” When I was single and didn’t have to worry about someone else’s health, I just cooked a piece of meat saying “Well, Just to make sure to over cook it – bacteria won’t survive the heat!” Now, I have to take care […]