Can you KonMari Your Money??

By Jeannie Rodriguez | Dr. Budgets Recently, I watched the entire series of “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” on Netflix (along with seemingly everyone else in the world) and I was inspired! One by one I watched as Marie Kondo helped people to transform their...

3 Steps to Plan Your Holiday Spending

By Daniel Rodriguez | Dr. Budgets Happy Holidays! It’s that time of the year again… time for family and loved ones, time for big feasts, and time for… holiday spending. Many people spend more on gifts during the last month of the year that they did the prior 11 months...

How to Have a Successful No-Spend Month

This month, my wife and I participated in our annual month-long spending freeze (No-Spend Month). You might be surprised to learn that my wife has been doing this for over ten years – long before she met me! She calls it “No-Spendtember.” I have since joined in the...