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.

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Worried Man Found Multiple Credit Accounts Opened in His Name and Now Suspects Someone Living With Him Did It

You start noticing things in your credit report that don’t make sense. At first, it looks like a simple mistake, maybe a line item that doesn’t belong there or an account you don’t recognize. But the longer you stare at it, the more obvious it becomes that something is seriously wrong. That’s the moment one…

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Concerned Husband Says His In-Laws Want Money for a Housing Down Payment While Also Booking a Pricey European Vacation

When you finally reach a point where your finances feel stable, it’s natural to want to be generous with family. After years of graduate school and the long climb into better-paying careers, treating relatives to dinner or picking up the tab on holidays feels like a small way to give back. But generosity can get…

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10 Things People Keep Paying For Because Canceling Feels Too Hard

Some expenses stay in the budget not because they add real value, but because dealing with them feels like more trouble than they are worth. Canceling often requires time, follow-up, or the willingness to sit through friction that no one wants to deal with after a long day. Over time, these charges blend into the…

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Exhausted Tenant Says a Portal Glitch Double Charged His Rent and Both the Bank and Leasing Office Are Refusing to Fix the Mess

You pay rent the same way you always do. Log into the portal. Submit the payment. Move on with your day assuming everything worked the way it should. Then a few hours later, you check your bank account and realize the system didn’t process your rent once. It processed it twice. That’s exactly what happened…

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9 Purchases People Keep Buying Even Though They Hate the Price

There are certain purchases that trigger frustration almost every time they come up, yet they still end up in the cart or on the bill anyway. You might complain about the price, delay buying it, or feel annoyed while paying, but skipping it altogether does not feel realistic. Over time, those purchases become routine, even…

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Worried Daughter Was Pressured To Invest in Her Mom’s Primerica Business at 18 and Now She’s Not Allowed To Close the Account

Turning eighteen is usually the moment people begin making their own financial decisions, but it can also be the moment when other people start guiding those decisions in ways that are hard to question at the time. That’s what happened to one young woman whose introduction to investing came through a company her mother worked…