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Do you frequently find yourself with too much month left at the end of your money?! If you arent telling your money where to go, chances are that its ending up somewhere that isnt helping you achieve your goals. A budget is a word that is frequently misinterpreted, such as when you ask a friend if they want to go out for food, and they say Oo no I cant, Im on a tight budget. This makes a lot of us think that following a budget means that you cant do anything that you want to do, ever. Thats the...

SOURCING CANADIAN LOANS AT HOME WITH SMARTER LOANS As a personal finance expert in Canada, Ive been asked on many occasions where the best place is to look for loans in Canada. When the time comes and you want to take out a loan in Canada the best place to start is with Smarter Loans. Not all Canadians are aware that there are alternative ways to search for Canadian Lenders other than going to the bank. Online comparison website Smarter Loans has been leading the way since 2016 and gained traction by consumers who want to research their options from...

I get this email every year. And every year it breaks my heart. Each year I get messages, deeply personal, and always from mamas who are tired and overwhelmed. There is simply no money for gifts this year.And the message is always clear that this woman was trying to create a special Christmas for her family and friends in spite of her situation.The first year I got such an email I went to myYouTube communityand asked what advice they could give her. The ideas were brilliant, but that doesn't surprise me. The women who watch my videos are just a...

Remember the days before Pinterest, when we had to print out recipes if we wanted to remember them for the future? I had a slightly better/more time-consuming version where I printed recipes I wanted to save on index cards and put them in a binder with clear plastic photo sleeves. It was pretty awesome until we got a different printer and I couldnt print the cards as easily for some reason (probably not wanting to learn this new thing because #effort). I kept stuffing the binder full of recipes I tore out of magazines and printed on 8.5 x 11...

This story originally appeared in the Winter 2019 issue ofDomino,titled All Together Now.Subscribeto be the first to receiveeach issue. For a couple of years, Joanne Duong Bartels and Luke Bartels left the free-spirited surfer haven that is San Franciscos Outer Sunset neighborhood for Chicago. It wasnt long, though, before the city lured them backfirst to the other side of town, but eventually to right where they started: on the ocean, surrounded by their fellow artists and craftspeople. (Joanne is a wardrobe stylist; Luke is a furniture designer and woodworker.) One of the reasons weve stayed out here is because its...