Down with the Side Hustle – Get Paid to Play!
Ever heard of a “side hustle”? Sure you have: it’s when you find smart ways to bring in extra income (on the SIDE of your primary source of income) through work and hustle. The side hustle has become a cornerstone for the modern idea of working (because “putting in 40 hours for the same company for 50 years” is as out of fashion as the leisure suit), as scads of people put multiple streams of income together to form their self-selected salary. Well, Lots of blogs will tell you that you need a side hustle, but wouldn’t you rather get paid to recreate? See the original post here!
18 Juni 20198min
How to Feed a Family of 5 on $360 per Month
In this special guest episode of the Abraham’s Wallet podcast, hear Alexis Tunnell give you some quick hits on how she manages to feed a family of five humans on a mere $360 per month grocery budget. Then, stick around to hear an interview with the updated tips she has 18 months later, since her original article was published waaaaaay back in 2017. Original blog post can be found right here.
10 Juni 201914min
You Need a Board of Directors
At Abraham’s Wallet, we believe in the real need for heavy community involvement in your financial life. This is both important and totally foreign to us. In an era where social media, that great destructor of actual relationship, has obliterated most social norms (“Don’t talk about politics with people you don’t know well”? Yeah, that sounds almost quaint, now…), you still don’t see people posting their budget or income on the Facebook. But we Kingdom dudes do things quite a bit differently so… Click here for the original blog post!
4 Juni 20199min
A Cautionary Tale of Two Mothers Days
Can I take a moment to address the dads among us? Today, I’m out to tell you a cautionary tale of a series of events that, individually, lie somewhere in the zone of thoughtless oversight, but collectively form a perfect storm of marital horror. Read up gents, and don’t do what I did. See the original blog post here.
24 Maj 201918min
How We Do Goals
We’re big on goals here at the Wallet. A cool and amazing promise: once you start setting goals, you’ll be utterly amazed at how you can “speak things into existence” just the way that your Abba does. So pull up a chair and listen to Uncle Stevie tell ya how we do goals… Check out the full post right ‘chere.
21 Maj 201911min
Own Nothing
I’m here to tell you that spending less is not the goal; I’m here to tell you that spending BETTER will revolutionize your life. I mean it. But we can’t even talk about spending until you realize that you don’t own all that stuff and money you’ve managed to pile up. Let’s get to that and we’ll end up dealing with your spending questions along the way. See the original blog post here!
16 Maj 20197min
Hold Up On That Offering Plate
Have you relied on your local church to teach you everything about what the scriptures have to say when it comes to money? Odds are you’ve found a great starting point, but that you’ve missed some critical pieces of the puzzle. View the original post here!
9 Maj 20198min
All Debts Good and Bad
So you’ve budgeted your heart out. Nice work. And you are spending less than you are earning. Enthusiastic high five! And your budget has revealed to you that you previously thrown off cash like a Kardashian jettisons marriages (We’ll be here all night! Try the shrimp!)? Womp womp. The result of your former ways may very well be (in fact, statistically speaking, almost certainly is…) the American Dream-maker… DEBT! Or you may have mountains of debt and framed papers on your wall to show for it. Or perhaps a lovely 4 bedroom craftsman-style home, replete with open concept kitchen remodel with bleached faux barn wood flooring. Regardless of how you got here… shall we consider how to deal with debt? (Yes, let’s!) You can find the original blog post for this article here!
8 Maj 20198min
