6 Steps to a Simple and Successful Financial Life

I think we can all agree that finances play a key role in our married lives. It’s the need to provide a quality life for our family that drives most of us to work, and we know that the way we spend our resources directly affects our lifestyle now and down the...

A Guide to Escaping Materialism and Finding Happiness

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post taken from Leo of Zen Habits. Money can’t buy you love. It can’t buy you happiness either. Today’s materialistic world often urges us to buy the coolest gadgets, the trendiest clothes, bigger and better things, but research shows...

Budgeting For Lazy People

A year ago on Simple Marriage: originally posted July 20, 2008 and considering all the news about the economy this can be a good refresher. I married a CPA. At the risk of offending the CPA society, your brains are just wired differently than the rest of us. That is...