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It’s SO easy to get carried away during the holiday season. You have a list a mile long. You want to be the person that gets the nice, thoughtful, gift. You want to have a holiday season to remember. But you also don’t want to be paying off your Christmas in February, because bringing holiday…
Christmas is a pickle for kids, yo. I can reign in expectations for adults. Point out we clearly don’t need more presents. Shift to giving more of my time and energy instead of stuff. That’s all great. But for my two year old? It feels much more complex. I want him to have a Christmas…
Remember all that online shopping you just did for the Holidays? How many different companies or websites did you buy from? For each website you purchased from, it’s likely you got added to their email marketing list. Seeing sales emails hit your inbox only does one thing: makes you want to buy. Sometimes out of…
Today, I want to share an idea I love that helps set holiday expectations with kids. This is geared towards kids but can also keep the gift buyers (us parents!) in check with our spending. The idea is to have your kids make their Christmas wish lists by considering these four categories: Something they want…
Fact: The information you hold in your head isn’t reliable. When it comes to money we double count, round down and forget to add the tax or shipping. It’s a sub conscious protection mechanism to make us feel better about spending. That’s why its’ important to know your numbers. Numbers don’t lie. So whether you…
Holiday commitments are important, fun and fulfilling. But when we try to do it all it can also be stressful and expensive. There are a million strategies for saving money. What if de-stressing your holiday was as simple as just doing less? Less. A few less gifts to buy. An invitation declined. A few decoration…