We’ve all been there: stressed out, a bad day, maybe even a fight with someone we love. Different people cope with stress in different ways, but for some of us, we cope by spending. And unfortunately, we only compound the stressful situations in our lives when we spend to cope, because on top of the […]
With summer merely weeks away, and Memorial Day weekend in just over one week, it’s the time of year when our thoughts turn to vacation and travel plans! If you’re planning some sort of trip this summer, have you put together a plan for it yet? Have you budgeted for the expenses, or will it […]
Budgeting, like any habit or discipline, does not magically happen overnight. However, if you continue to work your budget, month by month, the habit will become more routine, and you’ll find yourself sticking to the budget much easier. BUT, what happens in those instances when an unforeseen event blows your budget early into the month, […]
It’s that time of year, folks. If you haven’t filed your tax return yet, you’ve got a week to get it done. This is the time of year where you hear people talking about “what they’re going to do with they refund money”. While I wholeheartedly agree that it is definitely good to make a […]
Perhaps this should’ve been the first blog post I posted here on the Abacus Solutions website; admitting mistakes and screwups is hard, though, right? I’m a firm believer, however, in learning from mistakes, and even better, using my mistakes as a tool to prevent others from making those same mistakes. So here goes. As I’ve […]
Ahh, 80s pop rock. So synth-y, such big hair. One of my all-time favorite acts was one of these bands, Roxette. I can still remember going to the mall when I was in sixth grade and purchasing Joyride on cassette (!!!); the summer following that purchase, I about wore out that cassette tape, rewinding and replaying my […]
When the word budget is mentioned, what sort of reaction does it provoke from you? Does it make you feel like a 3-year-old again, when Mom is trying to ruin all of your fun because you can’t stick the fork in the electrical outlet?? Or maybe you just have feelings of being restricted, not allowed to spend […]