Intentional Living

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.

Man with two small kids looking stressed

Woman Says Her Brother Has Turned His Six Children Into Leverage and Her Family Cannot Figure Out How to Stop Helping Without Feeling Like They Are the Ones Letting Kids Go Hungry

She’s exhausted, and she can’t figure out how to stop without feeling like she’s the one letting children go hungry. That’s exactly where her brother wants her, and she knows it. The kids are real. The hunger is real. The empty gas tank and the last diaper and the missing crib are all real. He’s…

Middle-aged couple arguing in the kitchen

Wife Who Agreed to Separate Finances at Her Husband’s Request Says No When He Asks Her to Help Pay $65K a Year for His Daughter’s College and He Says Family Should Help Family

He proposed the arrangement himself. When he and his wife got married two years ago, he pushed for separate finances because he wanted to make sure the college fund he’d built for his daughter stayed protected. They set up a joint account for household expenses and kept everything else apart. It was his idea, she…

Two men sitting on a couch arguing

His Childhood Friend Borrowed $7,350 To Cover a String of Emergencies Promised to Pay it Back Every Month for a Year and Never Gave Him a Cent

He knew the warning signs were there. Growing up, his family had always noticed something off about this friend, small things that pointed toward a pattern of dishonesty. He ignored them because of the history they shared, the kind of bond that makes you want to believe the best about someone even when the evidence…

Four women sitting at a table looking angry with each other

Three Daughters Spent Years Sacrificing Their Own Comfort to Build Their Mother’s House and Now She Wants to Hand an Equal Piece of It to the Sister Who Sent Her Money Elsewhere

The house at the center of this dispute didn’t come from a single inheritance or a lump sum. It was built over years, funded in large part by three of the mother’s four daughters who sent money consistently while managing their own financial lives. The mother now wants to leave the house equally to all…

Man looking at his compute holding his hands to his face

Man Sold His Car on Facebook Marketplace in April and Got a Letter in May Saying He May Be Liable for a Hit and Run Because the Buyer Never Transferred the Title

He wasn’t expecting any of it. He sold his 2018 Civic on Facebook Marketplace back in April, took $7,200 in cash, signed the title over, and completed a handwritten bill of sale with the buyer’s name, license number, and all the relevant details. The transaction felt normal. The buyer was friendly, nothing raised any flags,…

Young woman sitting in a car

Woman Who Earns $150K and Lives Rent Free With Her Mom Says Her Friends Feel Deceived After Finding Out She Bought a BMW While They Were Giving Her Gift Cards Out of Pity

She’s 28, earns around $150,000 a year, carries no debt, and has a healthy investment portfolio built partly from an inheritance. She lives at home with her divorced mother, not because she can’t afford anything else, but because her mother asked her to stay for company and the arrangement made financial sense for both of…