Money Budget

For most people, budgeting conjures up the same feelings as, say, prison and dieting. But your initial instinct couldn't be further from the truth. You just haven't budgeted the right way. You Need a Budget will teach you four simple rules to completely revolutionize the way you think about managing your money. With a budget, you'll break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and save more money. A liberating, enabling, empowering budget will actually make you feel more free, not more restricted.

From one of Nielsen's Top 50 Power Moms comes advice you can take to the bank—literally! Crystal Paine, who has helped busy women everywhere take control of their finances, presents her most effective strategies designed for families of all sizes and income levels.

As a financial journalist and educator, Dana Miranda is on a mission to liberate listeners from budget culture: the damaging set of beliefs around money that rely on restriction, shame, and greed—much like diet culture does for food and bodies. In this long-overdue alternative to traditional budgeting advice, Miranda offers a new approach that makes money easy for everyone, regardless of the numbers in their bank account.

As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had—vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture—and felt ashamed that she and her son lived in a small apartment and ate dinner on the floor. Worse, when her feelings began to exhaust her, she binge-shopped, reasoning that she’d feel better after a trip to the mall.

The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least known but most effective retirement strategies in today's chaotic economic environment: retiring abroad. The premise is simple: Enjoy a happier, healthier, more fulfilling retirement than you could possibly afford in the US or Canada by finding the right overseas retirement haven. The audiobook reveals those affordable havens and the strategies for successfully making the move that could save your retirement.

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the word budget? It's a meager little word, one that all too often comes after tight. Maybe you think of this word as an adjective, something to describe a cheap and substandard car or hotel. Budget brings to mind rationing, a kind of money diet. If you're like many people, budgeting is something you do with a kind of deflated spirit: budgeting means bargain bin quality and the sad sense that what you want is going to be just out of reach.

When it comes to saving and spending money, we’re not all the same. Yet for too long, the financial advice world has treated us as if we are. This audiobook will give you the tools you need to make that long-awaited financial breakthrough, allowing you to discover your ‘Financial Phenotype’: the unique combination comprising your money story, your money environment, your money type and, just as importantly, the habits, triggers and tricks that are right for you.

Are you desperate to make ends meet each month, constantly wondering if you can pay the bills? If debts are poisoning your life and you want to make your dollar go 10 times further, it's time to budget. Living alone from the age of 14, I learned to budget the hard way. Since my early teenage years, I had to earn and save my own money. In this book I'm sharing my insights about how to manage even the smallest income to outlast the month. I will give concrete, actionable advice based on my own and well-known financial experts' experience.

Whether it's buying a new house, paying your bills, or simply picking up the groceries, money is the biggest cause of stress in the world today, so getting your finances under control is such a desirable thing to achieve. But very few people are taught the strategies and mindsets to budget and save properly. Minimalist Budget provides the tried and tested methods to curb compulsive spending and resist temptation while improving saving habits. Even if you’ve failed with budgeting in the past.

Minimalist Budget: 30 Days to Minimalism explores the finer detail of what it means to live as a minimalist. Is your financial life one debt away from totally sinking into the deep? Do you admire the manner in which certain minimalists go about their lives, and would like to give it a try? Well, you picked the right book. Many of the questions that may have hindered you from living less are met, in this book, with adequate and satisfactory answers.

Learn how Jack Gray, a successful and ambitious entrepreneur with an MBA, hit rock bottom financially but turned it all around and gained more wealth than he ever dreamed,within just a few months! He now spends his time sharing the tools and strategies he created to live his financial dreams.

The Automatic Millionaire starts with the powerful story of an average American couple (he's a low-level manager, she's a beautician), whose joint income never exceeds $55,000 a year, who somehow manage to own two homes debt-free, put two kids through college, and retire at 55 with more than $1 million in savings.

The economy is always changing, but some things are eternal! Economics for Dummies, 3rd Edition, gives you everything you need to understand our rapidly evolving economy as well as the basics that never change. What's the best way to fight poverty? How can governments boost employment and wage growth? What can be done to protect endangered species and the environment?

There’s a lot of noise out there about how to spend (and not spend) your hard-earned money. But what if you made financial decisions based on what you value—instead of what others are telling you to value? This is the empowering approach Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni, hosts of the Frugal Friends podcast, want you to take to improve your spending habits. They believe you can value anything (yes, anything!), whether that’s a daily latte, fancy dinners out, or vacations. But, despite what social media is saying, you don’t value everything.

Budget Travel for Dummies will help you plan your next vacation and make it affordable, with tips on how to maximize your budget and squeeze amazing experiences out of every penny. Written by a travel expert who has visited sixty countries across six continents, this book will help you find the best deals, including cheap flights and accommodations.

Many people are neck deep in debt and have very bad credit reports today because of lack of proper financial planning. You see, the difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich have been able to quickly learn and understand that money management is a skill that must be carefully mastered. No matter how rich you are or how much money you make, you cannot stay wealthy for a long time if you don't know how to manage your money.

Renowned blogger, podcaster, speaker, and Founder of Inspired Budget Allison Baggerly delivers a powerful and effective blueprint to saving, budgeting, and investing your way to a brighter financial future. You’ll discover saving, income, business, and debt-reduction tips as you identify your “money pattern” and break bad habits....

Are you overwhelmed by the daunting task of managing your finances? Does the thought of budgeting, saving, and investing make your head spin? Congratulations! You've landed on the perfect guide. Master your money in no time, even if you currently have no clue how to budget, save, or invest! The wisdom and practical tips shared in this guide can set you on a path towards financial independence and success.

This audiobook offers a unique approach to traveling throughout one of the world’s top tourist destinations. This audiobook will give you priceless tips on how to make the most out of Europe on a limited budget.

Sick of asking your parents for money? Learn how to master money management in 30 days without boring lectures—even if you know nothing about finance. Managing money doesn’t have to be stressful, confusing, or only for the "grown-ups." You just need the right plan—a step-by-step guide to bring clarity, confidence, and control to your money. This book has everything you need to build the skills to set you up for a lifetime of financial independence and success. It’s relatable, easy to follow, and packed with practical tools to help you start wherever you are.