I had originally intended on posting an article about my experiences with Hurricane Katrina this past Friday (3 year anniversary), and what that taught me about both money and life. Unfortunately, as frequently happens, life got in the way this week. I was sick, both of the kids were sick earlier in the week, and [...]

Getting out of debt is not rocket science, but it usually is harder than getting in to debt. In order to get out of debt, whether it is credit card debt, unpaid bills, or any other debt, you need to do 3 basic things: Stop incurring new debt Focus on spending less and making more money-both of [...]

One way to save money and be frugal is by not having to purchase things too often, especially replacing things you already have because they have worn out, are broken, or are of such poor quality that they do not function as intended. Of course, nothing lasts forever, but the longer you make something last, [...]

If you work in a typical American office (hopefully not too much like the television show “The Office“), especially one in a city with an NFL franchise, you probably are familiar with the office football pool. Certainly, they are extremely popular come Super Bowl time. For those not familiar, a football pool is a grid with [...]

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay have kicked up the winds around here the last couple of days, but luckily we are not supposed to get too much rain. It really dropped a bunch on parts of Florida though. Hopefully the rest of hurricane season will be nice and quiet! Everyday Finance hosted the Carnival of [...]

Whether you are a new, incoming freshman, or a returning college student, you are probably gearing up for the new semester. Learning smart money management and how to reduce your expenditures now can help you establish a solid foundation for your future. Here are 25 tips on saving money, budgeting, and money management for college [...]

Grouping tasks, or batch processing, is very common in the business world. A company does their payroll all at once, mails out letters once a day, does all of their performance reviews once a year, etc. Why? Because it is much more efficient, both in time and money, to do a number of the [...]

My 4 year old son started Pre-K yesterday. 14 more years, and he’ll be heading off to college, if I have anything to say about it. While I am not 100% convinced that parents should pay for all of their kids college expenses (that’s an entirely different discussion) I have been looking into the different [...]

When I was younger, I was quite the picky eater. I did not eat pasta until I was about 10 or 12, and salads, eggs, and a few other things until I was about 18-20. (Maybe college turned me into a hungry student-I don’t know) Over the last 10 or so years, my taste buds [...]

As you may have noticed, there have been a few changes around here over the last few days, which have resulted in a new look for Think Your Way To Wealth. I installed a new theme, which gives the site a whole new look. I still have a few more tweaks and adds to [...]