6 Smart Savings Strategies for Every Stage of Family Life

Whether you’re a young parent, middle-aged, or retired, money is something that should always be top of mind. This is especially true if you have children and dependents, as you’ll need to fund their meals, education, and other miscellaneous expenses.

That said, many of us are aware of the struggles of obtaining money—it’s a lived experience, after all. While some may be lucky to have a loved one providing a roof over their heads and food in their stomach, not everyone will be as lucky.

6 Smart Savings Strategies for Every Stage of Family Life


If financial hardship is something you face daily, you should strive to employ strategies that can help you stay on top of your finances. An emergency can set you back hundreds if not thousands of dollars, leaving you reeling in debt for months onward.

One of the best ways you can prevent this financial pitfall is by putting a chunk of your money away for savings. As simple as it sounds, saving your money is an essential habit to do if you want to stay afloat in today’s economy.

Need some tips on how to save smartly? Without further ado, here are six tips on saving money for yourself and your family.

Improve Your Home Budget with These Useful Guidelines

Managing your home budget effectively is crucial for financial stability and achieving your financial goals. By implementing useful guidelines, you can take control of your finances, reduce debt, and save for the future. In this blog post, we will explore practical tips to improve your home budget and pave the way for a secure financial future.

Improve Your Home Budget with These Useful Guidelines

How to SAVE Over $100 on Your Cable or Satellite Bill

Looking to learn HOW to lower your cable or satellite bill? Then this post is for YOU! With the inflation of our grocery bills and the crazy market, I thought I would update this post with EVEN MORE streaming options available for ways to save big!

We bought a new house back at the end of August 2016. We have a bigger home that comes with a larger mortgage payment. So we were going through our bills and thinking of what we could get rid of. We routinely do this anyway. We decided to not only drop our gym member ship (that we hadn't used in months) as well as drop satellite. So I know what you are thinking: You just made the switch to cable, but nope we completely pulled the plug and now we are saving more than $100 a month on television.

***This post was originally written in 2016, but I thought I would update it with what we are using now, new pricing, etc.***

How to SAVE Over $100 on Your Cable or Satellite Bill

We were criticized by our family when we first decided to do it. "How are you going to watch the Olympics?" "How are you going to watch 'A Christmas Story' all day on Christmas?" Serious questions, y'all. And at first, we hadn't worked out all the kinks yet. My husband did a lot of research and now I want to share all of our tips and tricks to help you save over $100 by breaking up with cable/satellite for good!

Weekly Totals - Publix - Saved 73%!

I was excited for this trip because I got some more great donation items for Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday. The diapers are a good deal to me and although my little man isn't in that size yet, I never want to have to pay full price for diapers and he will definitely go through them.



So I saved 73% this week...