If you’ve ever struggled with your mental health, you may have noticed the correlation between money and mental health. Whether you struggle with depression, anxiety, addiction, or one of the many other disorders out there, it can seriously f*ck up your bank account. While mental health has become less of a taboo subject, I still…
Author: Coley Cole
My Monthly Budget: How I Manage My Expenses
Ever wondered how to set your monthly budget or how other people do it? I get it, I’m nosey too, and even though I’ve been budgeting for around 4 years at this point, I’m always looking for ways to improve. Seeing how other people budget is how I learned how to create mine in the…
Creating Financial Goals to Succeed With Money
How to Create Personalized Financial Goals Your financial goals are one of a kind. What they are depends on your unique situation, who you are as a person, and what you want out of life. The best place to start is finding your why – the reason you’re working toward your goals. Think of it…
Why You Need a Consumerism Detox
Stop “Treating Yourself” To Debt The constant cycle of buying things you don’t need to make you happy because you’re broke is just making you more broke. We’ve become such mindless consumers that we’re throwing away our financial futures for fleeting happiness. It’s time for a consumerism detox. I know I’m not the only one…
How To Turn Bad Financial Habits Into Healthy Ones
Your bad financial habits have you in a chokehold and are dragging you away from financial freedom. Let’s fix them before you get dragged any further. Your financial health should be a priority. You can’t expect to do whatever you want and have perfectly healthy finances. It would be delusional to think that having 40…
How to Have More Financial Control
When it comes to having financial control, I think it’s way too easy to not take any accountability. Blaming the government or capitalism is an easy way to avoid looking at our own ability to manage money. Not to discount the effect that inflation, rising prices, and the constant social pressure to spend are having…
How to Create and Maintain Financial Boundaries
Let’s be honest with ourselves here. We ALL make stupid, shitty decisions with our money at one point or another in life (trust me, I’ve been there). It’s like a slap-in-the-face kind of rite of passage, but when you keep getting slapped in the face after not learning your lesson the first time, you know…
The Importance of Celebrating Your Financial Wins
In the spirit of me just having paid off my car (SLAYYY!!! 💅), I wanted to talk about why celebrating our financial wins is so important. Taking the time to recognize our victories and uplift ourselves in these moments is what will help inspire us to keep achieving. Making strides to change your financial situation…
5 Ways to Manage Your Impulsive Spending Habits
It’s so easy to go out to buy just a few things and wind up with more than you meant to get. In a world where spending has been rendered almost completely effortless with a simple tap, it’s not hard to see that it feeds impulsive spending habits. Do you find yourself making spur of…
How to Budget for Beginners
What a budget is, why it’s important, and what to include! Not sure how to budget or where to start? Then you’re standing exactly where I was a few years ago. Budgeting can seem overwhelming, especially if you don’t consider yourself a numbers person. But to have any kind of financial success, you have to…