Category Archives: Finance Tools and Software

Totally in Love with Mint - Online Finance Manager

Last week I signed up with Mint, a money management site. I was immediatly smitten when I saw the sexy pie chart that graphed out spending habits from my checking account. I can now track my 401k, savings, checking and credit card accounts all in one place and be as OCD about it was I […]

When will YOU be debt free?

I found a handy calculator here to help plan your debt reduction!
Crunch some numbers and find out how long it will take you to become debt free. If you have a specific deadline for when you’d like to have your debt paid off, just enter it and the calculator will tell you what monthly payments […]

Time Management and Goal Tracking

I stumbled onto a website that has a pretty cool looking free program called “Rescue Time“. If you’re like me, you start thinking about the New Year around now and your goals and finances and taxes which gets me hyped up about reorganizing and focusing.
Check out the screenshot.

My favorite feature is that once you […]

Monkey See, Monkey Do. Teach Your Kids to be Smart About Money

Whether we like to admit it or not, we are our parents…the good, bad and the ugly. Let your children learn from your mistakes instead of repeating them by having an open line of communication about money and personal finance. Here are some resources and tools for raising your children with positive money values.

Sample Allowance […]