For many of us, the new year brings a renewed desire to get our finances in order. It's a great time to evaluate the specific items in your budget, but it can be a bit overwhelming. Where do you start? What line items should you focus on? Here are six fairly simple things you can do to start this year off on the right financial foot: 1. Set one financial goal for your family or yourself for this year. Make it something you can accomplish within the next couple of months with a reasonable amount of discipline and effort. Why start with a goal? Your efforts at cutting expenses and tightening up your budget will peter out without a goal in Keep Reading

  Just in case you haven't heard, I wanted to let you know about this really cool resource we have available for you. It's my special Household Hacks email and (of course) it's absolutely free! I know that the word "hacks" means different things to different people, so here's what our new series is all about: Simple tips and tricks to help you efficiently manage your home while staying on budget. To me, "hacks" isn't a cheat so much as a way to do what you need to do in less time, with less struggle while not spending a bunch of money. I have some pretty helpful tips that are super simple (I'm not interested in elaborate Keep Reading