I recently asked myself a question and got a pretty good answer from myself. Here’s the Q&A I had with myself. Me: Hey Derek, do you think you should be getting up earlier and exercising and eating healthier? Me: Yeah. Of course there are cases when you should ask a friend or a professional for […]
I came across an article on The Financial Diet called 4 Non-Financial Skills That Will Help You Save Money by Hannah Gresham-Britt. Carrie and I discuss each point and how well (or not-so-well) we are doing in each area in our own life. Have a listen!!! -Derek
Here’s my review of *Digit, the app that allows you to save money without thinking about it. What is Digit? Digit is an app that links up to your bank account, studies your spending patterns and then saves money for you automatically every few days. Signing up In a nutshell… it was super easy. Just […]
“Sacrifice for the things you want, or the things you want will become the sacrifice.” Carrie and I discuss this quote in today’s episode. Also, we talk about moving boxes during the after party!
I have a friend. He is an artist. His income is wildly unpredictable. We’ve talked about money off and on over the years and he just gave me an update. I did a six month money recap project and it was really helpful! -Artist friend. He went on to tell me how he felt like […]
Making good decisions now so that your future self is well taken care of sounds like a great idea but isn’t easy. In this episode Carrie and Derek make up names for their future selfs. You can make up a name for your future self too! Let us know what names you come up with […]
Doing a monthly budget together was on of the best things for our relationship. Obviously it helped us get our finances in order, but doing a budget together does more than that. Have a listen as Carrie and I tell the story of our first budget. Download the same monthly budget template we use over […]
Can I be honest? Thanks. We’ve got a lot of plates spinning right now. Running two businesses (feels more like we are running forty five!) Raising a two year old and everything that goes along with that! Stupid car that tries to overheat at every traffic light. Special announcement that I can’t spill the beans […]
Your financial health has a huge impact on the health of your relationships. Good financial health can have a positive impact on your relationship. But can a financial disaster also have a positive impact on your relationship? When Carrie and I got married in 2010 we were fighting the biggest financial battle of our lives. […]
See all podcast episodes and subscribe to the show. Part of the reason we started How Do I Money is because of an experience we had in 2010 when we first got married. Carrie had previously purchased a house that was now in danger of being foreclosed on. It was a rough year but there […]