No Free Lunch Today – Borrowing Money

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 13. No Free Lunch Today A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is … Reaching out beyond yourself and your earning capacity for money, often, but not necessarily, with an agreement to pay back the money over time … Read more

Trading Ants For Elephants – Negotiating

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 12. Trading Ants For Elephants A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is Asking for what you want and working cowards a win-win compromise. How it helps … You’re more likely to get what you want and need. … Read more

I Want More, More, More – Generating New Income

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 11. I Want More, More, More A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is … Inventing new ways to bring more money into your life. How It helps … Increases income. Increases your sense of resourcefulness around money. … Read more

Here It Is! Eureka! Extra Money! – Found Money

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 10. Here It Is! Eureka! Extra Money! A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is. A little short this month? Never quite come out even before payday? Take a few easy steps to find extra money, which is … Read more

Clean Sweep: Do I Really Need This? Letting Go

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 9. Clean Sweep: Do I Really Need This? A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is … A process that involves completing unresolved issues generally left over from childhood and/or adolescence. How it helps… You are freed from … Read more

Gee, That Much? Net Worth Statement

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 8. Gee, That Much? A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it Is… A net worth statement (sometimes called a balance sheet) describes, at a glance, your financial situation at a specific time. How it helps… It is an … Read more

Easy Come, Easy Go – Cash Flow Statement

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 7. Easy Come, Easy Go A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is… A cash flow statement is a document that shows the amount of money that comes in and goes out monthly. List the amount of money … Read more

The Split Second That Counts – Decision-Making

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 6. The Split Second That Counts A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is … The process and already-established criteria by which you make a deci­sion, whether buying, selling, or making changes. How it helps… Eliminates indecision and … Read more

Get A Handle On Money – Budgets Made Easy

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 5. Get A Handle On Money A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is… An agreement you make with yourself that determines how you will spend money. How it helps… Provides organization and structure to your spending. Provides … Read more

Where Am I Going? – Goal-Setting

52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Money – 4. Where Am I Going? A Weekly Journal & Workbook to Help You Take Real Control of Your Money What it is … Setting goals enables you to carve a path and develop a strategy to get what you want. How it helps … You live a … Read more