To “live intentionally” means to live according to your values and beliefs. I believe when we commit to being more thoughtful in how we spend our time and our money we can overcome the overwhelm, reduce financial stress, and live a more purposeful life.
Intentional living allows us to take better care of our minds and our bodies, and in turn, better care of those around us.
Here you’ll find content to help you spend less time and money on the things that matter less so you can create margin in your life and your budget to spend more on the things that matter most.
Money can be surprisingly emotional, especially when a purchase feels tied to identity, effort, or personal values. You can casually question something and suddenly the conversation shifts, because it’s no longer about the item itself. It’s about what that purchase represents to the person who made it. Most people have at least one expense they’ll…
Spending decisions rarely happen in a vacuum. Even when people believe they are being practical, emotion often shows up first, and logic gets invited in later to make the choice feel reasonable. Stress, exhaustion, guilt, and comparison all have a way of influencing how money gets used, especially when decisions are made quickly or repeatedly….
You expect work conversations to stay fairly predictable. People complain about meetings, talk about weekend plans, or joke about how busy things are getting. What you don’t expect is for a casual conversation with coworkers to completely change the way you see your own paycheck. For one woman, that moment happened during what started as…
You usually expect big financial problems to arrive with some kind of warning. A job loss. A medical emergency. Some obvious crisis that forces everything to change overnight. For one renter, though, the moment that altered her plans started with something much more ordinary: a routine lease renewal notice from her landlord. At first she…
Saying you are broke does not always mean the same thing it used to. For many people, the phrase reflects stress, comparison, or feeling stretched rather than true financial instability. It often shows up when expectations rise faster than income, even when basic needs are met and daily life remains comfortable. These situations create a…
When you get married, most people assume money becomes shared automatically. Joint accounts, shared bills, combined goals. On paper it sounds simple, but finances inside a relationship rarely stay that tidy for long. Two people bring different habits, different comfort levels with risk, and different definitions of what “being responsible with money” actually looks like….
