Whether you have children of your own or you teach children, you know that the summer slide doesn’t refer to the recreation item commonly found on playgrounds. “Summer slide” refers to the loss of knowledge that commonly occurs in students over the summer as lessons are quickly forgotten. While parents and teachers alike do a lot to prepare students and avoid any losses over the summer break, there is another kind of summer slide that anyone with a ten-month job or a seasonal job should prepare for—the slide from regular income to a much lower (or non-existent) one. Read on →

Owning a business comes with a lot of responsibilities. Owning a business that is your second job can make keeping things running feel like walking on a tightrope with a briefcase full of rocks in your hands. That might sound a little dramatic, but the truth is we could all use a little help from time to time. Money-saving tips are a regularly trending item these days, but they don’t often apply to saving money for your business. Read on →

Do you make New Year’s resolutions? It is safe to say we all try to set some goals and build some dreams for how the new year is going to go, but how often do you make a resolution and keep it? Saving more money, or starting to save money, is a common resolution that many people make. It can also be one of the hardest resolutions to actually keep. Read on →

Is retirement something you look forward to? While there are certainly those among us who love their careers enough to never want to leave, for most of us, thinking about retirement is something that can bring immense joy. Imagining our days free of any real schedule and thinking about finally having the time to travel or learn a new skill seems like a dream, so why wouldn’t we want to start that dream as early as possible, right? Read on →

Are you an early shopper or a last-minute grab-what-you-can-find gifter? It seems like no matter when you start, the holiday season almost always sneaks up on you, filling your calendar and emptying your wallet. There are lots of hacks for saving money this time of the year, but as much as everyone loves a good money-saving hack, who has the time to sift through them all and incorporate what will work best? Read on →

Have you recently been through a job loss? Or perhaps you have decided to let your second job go to ease your schedule—either way, you are likely doing a lot of thinking about how to handle your finances. There are a lot of emotions that come along with the loss of a job, and in the midst of them all, you have to find a way to adjust your budget in order to keep life going. Read on →

October might be the spookiest month of the year, but those of us who handle grocery shopping know that any trip to the store can be utterly terrifying. Perhaps that is a little dramatic, but the prices of everyday supplies have become a hard pill to swallow. Not only are the prices high, but supplies can suddenly become sparse—making planning your trips even more challenging. We can’t avoid some stores, though, and at some point, everyone will find themselves inside a grocery store. Read on →

As we get closer and closer to the holiday season, many of us may be considering taking on a second job to bolster our budget. Or perhaps you have had more than one job for a while now. Whatever your reason for snagging a side-hustle, handling two jobs can be challenging. When you work two jobs, you need to be careful to make sure you don’t overwhelm yourself and overload your schedule. Read on →

Have you started thinking about the future? Maybe the future to you only means looking ahead to the weekend, or counting down the days until your next vacation. Whatever your definition of the future is, there is never a wrong time to start planning for retirement. If you just started your first job, or even if you are several years in, retirement can feel like a far away place that you have plenty of time to prepare for. Read on →