Saving – Average Joe Finance https://avgjoefinance.com Take Control of Your Money & Build Lasting Wealth Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:06:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 128164037 Why You Should Start Cheating On Your Budget https://avgjoefinance.com/start-cheating-on-your-budget/ https://avgjoefinance.com/start-cheating-on-your-budget/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=1435 This post is all about cheating! Cheating on your budget that is. Consumer Mindset Sticking to a budget can be difficult. Sometimes a little cheating can be beneficial. Everything about our society today is centered on consumerism.  Every year electronics companies come out with a new upgrade to their products.  The sole purpose of which […]

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]]> https://avgjoefinance.com/start-cheating-on-your-budget/feed/ 0 1435 The Surprising Amount of Money Starbucks Actually Costs https://avgjoefinance.com/surprising-amount-starbucks-costs/ https://avgjoefinance.com/surprising-amount-starbucks-costs/#respond Thu, 22 Mar 2018 07:00:22 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=1335 Every day, Americans consumer some 400 million cups of coffee.  Many of these cups are sold by Starbucks.  While most of you probably know that Starbucks is expensive, you probably never realized that it’s actually costing you tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.  While ordering a smaller size is an easy way to save money, you could […]

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]]> https://avgjoefinance.com/surprising-amount-starbucks-costs/feed/ 0 1335 How Facebook is Ruining Your Savings https://avgjoefinance.com/facebook-ruining-savings/ https://avgjoefinance.com/facebook-ruining-savings/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2018 07:00:41 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=1116 The Good Old Days Back in the days before social media and our always-connected society, the term “Keeping up with the Joneses” simply referred to comparing yourself to your neighbor or close friends.  If your friend got a new house, all of a sudden, your house didn’t seem so great and you started to think […]

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]]> https://avgjoefinance.com/facebook-ruining-savings/feed/ 17 1116 How to Avoid Overspending During the Holidays https://avgjoefinance.com/avoid-overspending-holidays/ https://avgjoefinance.com/avoid-overspending-holidays/#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2017 01:00:42 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=990 Broke for the Holidays The holidays can be tough on your wallet.  It sometimes seems like shopping has become as much of an American pastime as baseball and apple pie. Plus, with the rise of social media, we are spending more than ever. However, one little trick could help you spend less this holiday season, […]

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]]> https://avgjoefinance.com/irrational-pricing/feed/ 2 955 The One Tool You Need for a Better Financial Future https://avgjoefinance.com/commitment-devices/ https://avgjoefinance.com/commitment-devices/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:00:38 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=928 A survey found around 62% of Americans don’t have $1,000 saved. If we followed Odysseus’ example and eliminated our future options, our finances might improve. In the Odyssey when Odysseus approached the Sirens, he had his men tie him to the ship and plug his ears with beeswax.  He knew that no one was able […]

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]]> https://avgjoefinance.com/commitment-devices/feed/ 0 928 Introducing Slope: The Newest Personal Finance App https://avgjoefinance.com/slope-personal-finance-app/ https://avgjoefinance.com/slope-personal-finance-app/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2017 01:00:27 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=768 Mason reached out to me a few weeks ago about a financial app he built called Slope.  Immediately, I was impressed with the quality and how easy it was to track your savings.  Then I found out he built the entire thing himself, while still in college!  I found his story so interesting that I […]

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]]> https://avgjoefinance.com/slope-personal-finance-app/feed/ 1 768 15 Amazingly Simple Ways to Save a Dollar a Day https://avgjoefinance.com/15-simple-ways-to-save/ https://avgjoefinance.com/15-simple-ways-to-save/#comments Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:00:40 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=743 Saving money doesn’t have to be difficult.  By making a few minor adjustments to your daily life, you can easily save a dollar a day.  Most involve just minor adjustments to your daily life (no giving up that Starbucks!) 1. Cut Cable Cable prices have been increasing at 4 times the rate of inflation.  Cutting […]

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]]> https://avgjoefinance.com/15-simple-ways-to-save/feed/ 2 743 10 Savings Tips For People With Multiple Jobs, Married, or with a Family https://avgjoefinance.com/10-savings-tips-with-family/ https://avgjoefinance.com/10-savings-tips-with-family/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2017 01:00:56 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=638 Today’s guest post comes from Barnabas.  If you want to read more from him, check out his site thedadwallet.com where he discusses ways to increase income and pay down debt. Back when I was single and had a very good paying job, money didn’t seem like such an issue to me. In hindsight I should have […]

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]]> https://avgjoefinance.com/10-savings-tips-with-family/feed/ 2 638 The One Simple Thing You Can Do To Increase Your Savings https://avgjoefinance.com/savings-autopilot/ https://avgjoefinance.com/savings-autopilot/#respond Tue, 08 Aug 2017 00:01:21 +0000 https://avgjoefinance.com/?p=573 Every day we make thousands if not millions of little decisions and our brains can only handle so much.  It’s no surprise then that when it comes to savings, we are so drained from all the little decisions that we tend to neglect the big one of determining how much to save and spend each […]

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