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“I couldn’t afford to buy more than $10 worth of gas. I had no money in my bank account and all my credit cards were maxed out.” Something as simple as getting gasoline was suddenly a luxury when Scarr had only $10 and no credit available to fill her car’s tank.

This was Scarr’s “rock bottom” moment. The moment she knew she needed to do something to change her financia...

Dave Ramsey advises a caller to dump her boyfriend. Image source: Dave Ramsey Show, via YouTube.com.

While I’m not the regular Ramsey-listener that I used to be, I do sometimes see his stuff pop up on my social media and, occasionally, a headline will grab my attention enough to make me click to see more.

A 26-year-old nurse with $90,000 in student loans called into

It’s been 20 years, almost to the day, since I left the corporate world. And while I’ve forayed back into it a couple of brief stints, freelancing and contract work has paid my bills for most of the last two decades.

Since mom died, I am back at job see...

I just recently finished listening to an audiobook, The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness by Morgan Housel.

The Psychology of Money has great lessons about building wealth and learning the art of “enough.”

I have to be honest. I decided to check it out because I like the topics of Psychology and Money, but I didn’t think I’d g...