Finance Gets Personal

I challenge everyone to do one positive thing for your finances this weekend.

It doesn’t have to be big.

Here are a few ideas:

• Shop around for your cable, cell phone, insurance or other services and see if you can get a better rate
• Take your change to the bank
• Post some things for sale on Craigslist
• Open an online savings account
• Start getting things together for a garage sale
• Cut coupons out of the Sunday paper
• Calculate your net worth if you don’t already know it

What will/did you do this weekend?

I’m going to work on setting up a website for my graphic design snowflaking business.

Photo Credit: Un piccolo passo…/ One small step… by aldoaldoz, used under Creative Commons licensing

I’m a planner, a scheduler. I do laundry on Sunday. I pay bills on Tuesday. I give my stepson piano lessons on Thursday.

I find that by assigning tasks specific days of the week, they’re more likely to get done (maybe that’s why my house is never clean - I haven’t assigned a day for that).

Now, I’m not going to turn down an invitation because it’s “bill night,” but I try to stick to my schedule as much as possible.

Photo Credit: Day 223…skills to pay the bills by bandita, used under Creative Commons licensing