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.

She’s Fed Up With a Roommate Who Admitted in Writing She Won’t Help Fill the Vacant Room, Ran Off a Qualified Applicant Before They Could Apply, and Is Trying To Force Everyone to Split the Cost

She’s Fed Up With a Roommate Who Admitted in Writing She Won’t Help Fill the Vacant Room, Ran Off a Qualified Applicant Before They Could Apply, and Is Trying To Force Everyone to Split the Cost

ByKristin Stones

With four people on the lease, one roommate was set to move out on August 3, and she and her partner had moved quickly once that departure was confirmed, actively searching for a replacement so nobody would end up stuck covering the extra rent for an empty room. They’d found someone qualified who interviewed well…

Couple on dinner date with the woman looking annoyed

He Ordered $22 Worth of Ramen on a First Date and She Ordered $115 Worth of Sushi and Cocktails and Suggested Splitting the $137 Bill Down the Middle Without Hesitation

ByKristin Stones

He’d met a woman on Bumble, and she’d chosen the restaurant for their first date, one of those places where the menu skipped listing prices entirely, leaving diners to figure out the cost as they went. He ordered a bowl of ramen and one beer. She ordered three rolls, a sashimi platter, two cocktails, and…

Woman holding her head like it hurts and looking annoyed

She Has No Debt, Saves $2,000 a Month After $5,000 in Bills, and Was Turned Down for a Mortgage Because She Didn’t Get Her First Credit Card Until Her 21st Birthday

ByKristin Stones

She was paying $2,700 a month for her apartment, another $2,000 for daycare, and about $300 for her BGE utility bill, all while carrying zero debt and managing to save $2,000 after covering every monthly expense. She’d gotten her first credit card just the year before, on her 21st birthday, and her bank’s own records…

Woman looking upset as she looks at a bill

Her Tax Preparer Invented Mortgage Deductions She Never Qualified For, She’s Already Paying Back $25,000 From the First Audit, and the IRS Just Flagged Her 2024 Return for the Exact Same Fake Deduction

ByKristin Stones

She’d hired a tax preparer to handle her returns for 2022, 2023, and 2024, receiving large refunds around $10,000 for both 2022 and 2024. The problem was that she didn’t own a home and had never paid a single cent in mortgage interest her entire life, a fact that only became relevant when the IRS…

Man screaming into his phone

The Seller Dropped His Price $225,000 Over Five Months and When They Made Their Final Offer He Countered Higher With No Credits, No Inspection Contingency, and a Claim That He Had a Better Offer Waiting

ByKristin Stones

They were trying to buy a 3,700 square foot custom home, their second choice location behind a neighborhood they actually preferred, though they still genuinely liked this particular house. The listing had been sitting on the market for 155 days, originally priced at $1.1 million before eventually dropping to $875,000, a $225,000 cut over five…

Young woman carrying a box of her belongings looking upset

She Gave Her Boss Notice, Got Terminated on the Spot the Same Day, and Woke Up to a Text Asking Her to Come Back the Next Morning

ByKristin Stones

She’d recently decided to leave one of her jobs, a position that wasn’t meeting her needs when it came to pay or providing enough hours to actually be worth staying in long term. She’d given her boss what she considered a reasonable notice period, planning to work through the end of the month to give…