by Melody | Jan 23, 2020 | Budget, Featured, Life Lessons, Money Management
How would you describe your finances? Are they in shambles, are you Aimlessly Broke, consistently working on them, or are you a financial rockstar? No matter where you currently sit, your financial picture is continually evolving. When it came to my finances, I fell...
by Melody | Oct 30, 2019 | Life Lessons, Money and Family, Personal Finances
In my 30+ years on this earth, I don’t know why I’m always surprised when my plans don’t go as expected. Yet, time after time, I’m still in awe of life just happening despite my best efforts at planning and preparation. This week on Instagram,...
by Melody | Jun 27, 2019 | Extra Money, Life Lessons, Savings
I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who wasn’t always a fan of getting gift cards as a gift growing up. To me, gift cards just weren’t sentimental. They were an uncomplicated escape for someone who felt the need to give a gift. While I...
by Melody | Jun 24, 2019 | Debt Repayment, Life Lessons, Personal Finances
When I was a child, I had a comforting and albeit a bad habit that involved me sucking on my pointer finger and playing with my ear. My parents love telling stories of how, when I was a baby, I would take my bottle and stick it in my ear and then put my finger in my...
by Melody | Jun 12, 2019 | Life Lessons, Student Loans
Is it possible that we can experience biblical parables all over again but in a modern way? I guess you could liken it to today’s continuous reboot of old TV shows. No seriously, we just had the parable of the Prodigal Son play out for us all over again, but...
by Melody | Jun 1, 2019 | Life Lessons
Most people don’t understand why I call my brand Broke on Purpose®. Typically the word “broke” carries a negative context when we use it in a conversation with our finances, but for me being Broke was the catalyst that propelled me towards the...
