Come spend a work session with me in my bright pink office. I open the door to my studio, show a quick peek of my colorful ...

The cash envelope system is a great way to keep yourself from going over budget. Your spending is restricted to the amount of money you fill in envelopes to represent different budget categories. The ...

Some parts of a budget are easy to set and stick to. Your rent isn’t going to fluctuate. Your gym membership is probably a predictable amount. You have a general idea of how much gas you’ll need to ...

When it comes to budgeting, I am far more lax than most other personal finance writers. I save a set percentage of my income each month (or “pay myself first,” as they say), and I do whatever I want ...

How exactly does it work? What about online purchases? Here's everything you need to know about cash stuffing.

Cash stuffing involves allocating physical cash into labeled envelopes for different budget categories. The method is seeing a resurgence in 2025 as Americans look for ways to control spending and ...

Meet the new personal finance revolution: cash. A growing number of Gen Z and Millennial debtors are getting a handle on their finances by spending actual paper money: no Apple pay, no Venmo, no cards ...

If you're trying to get out of credit card debt, managing your money the old-fashioned way is what money expert Clark Howard has been recommending for years. We’ve all read the studies that say people ...

Saving and budgeting can be tough. You’ve researched, you’ve planned, you’ve saved and then when you check your bank balance online, you’ve somehow still lost track of expenses and have overspent. If ...