It was in February of 2008 that I decided to change my relationship with money. I was sick of living week to week, always being scrambling to pay bills, being in debt and being generally stressed over money. I bartered with a life coach for a couple of sessions, but quickly realized I didn't need...

The past few months have been pretty tumultuous. I'm no longer selling my house. The main reason I was doing it was to move in with my boyfriend, and we both realized it wasn't a good idea for many, many reasons. Although the economic benefits for me would have been great on a short-term basis...

Well, I've decided to sell the house and all the stuff. I'm going to move in with my boyfriend on a "roommate" basis. I'll have my own room, my own space, and just split the bills with him. If it doesn't work out, I'll have enough in savings from the sale of the house to...

Well, I just got paid from a corporate client for my training business. Phew. I have had no income for about a month, and have been really stretching my pennies and living off savings (but NOT living off credit, for the first time in the past 20 years or so when in this situation -- why do I always get...

I have two main sources of income -- part-time (adjunct) language teaching at my community college, and 3/4 time language training that's my own business (sole proprietor). I know how much I earn each year teaching at the college (the scandalous $13,200 for teaching three courses per semester --...