It is important that we keep giving ourselves something to look forward to, so maybe with it being the New Year we should be thinking of booking a holiday. Now finances may be tight so what about a camping trip, or stay with friends to cut down the cost?
Holidays are important to get you away from the constant reminders, I know often we don’t want to go but it is important to keep living. I am not sure what to do, I think I may take my mum away again this year that way together we can smile, laugh and …read more

Welcome to the July 20, 2007 edition of how to solve money worries.

ChristianPF presents How to make more money with your emergency fund posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “A quick how-to showing you how to use an emergency fund to save more money and increase it’s growth rate.”

Millionaire Mommy Next Door presents Create Your Treasure Map To Riches posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door, saying, “Visualizing what wealth means to you shapes the way your mind thinks about money and your life. Your mind then sets in motion the actions necessary to …read more

For those of you who are having to deal with money for the first time here are some ideas to think how to improve your knowledge.

There are many on line tutorials of handling your money – google managing your money and increase your knowledge for free.
Ask friends who are good with money. Often friends don’t know how to help you in times of grief and will be relieved at having a chance to provide some practical advice.
Don’t be too proud at this time. Speaking to your bank early can get you some free advice and also if money is in …read more

Dealing with all the finances can be so difficult and a site that can help is unwanted change I am a Chartered Accountant by trade so therefore finance has never had a fear for me, but this paragraph on the site brought home to me the difficulties….
“In fact AARP research shows that of the estimated 13 million widowed Americans, more than 11 million of them are women. What’s more, 80 to 90 percent of all women have never handled their finances before. That means that the vast majority of women haven’t had experience in handling their own finances yet they …read more