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How to Ditch Your Student Loans with Debt Snowball
When you think about your student loans do you feel anxious, depressed, or trapped? Does it infuriate you when you review your bill and realize that only about 50% of your payments are going toward the principal balance, while the remainder is going to interest?...
Save Money on Clothes
Life's necessities call for ongoing spending. Food, housing, transportation and other basic needs comprise the nuts and bolts of most budgets, as well as clothing, which represents another perennial spending category. Fortunately, although you can't do without...
Married Millennials: Should You File Your Taxes Jointly or Separately?
Tax time is never fun, and if it’s your first time filing your taxes after getting married, be prepared for a few more headaches. The biggest decision you will have to make in regards to taxes is: should you file your taxes jointly or separately? There are benefits...
How to Stop Fighting with Your Spouse About Money
My husband and I share many common interests, but our personalities are polar opposites in numerous ways. He’s messy, creative, and often takes a laid-back “I’ll do it later” approach that annoys me to no end. I’m an analytical, organized, type-A neat freak. It’s no...
How to be Happy in 4 Simple Steps
Visits to therapists skyrocket during the cold winter months. Research shows that most of us feel more sad, anxious, or irritable during the winter than we do in the summer. Some develop a serious condition called Seasonal Affective Disorder, which is defined as...
How One Millennial Couple Saves $25000 Per Year
My husband and I are currently working on a slightly crazy goal of paying off $117,000 of student loan debt in just three years. Our combined gross income is in the mid to high five figures, so it’s not like we’re rolling in the dough. That means that in order to...
5 Ways to Upscale Your Home on a Budget
Today we have an awesome guest post from Georgia on sprucing up your home decor on a budget! If you've been reading Frugal Millennial for a while, then you know that my husband and I are currently living with my parents while we pay off $117,000 of student loan debt...
March Goals Update!
In February, I shared my goals for the month, which were mainly focused on health - physical, mental, and spiritual. On this leap day (happy 22nd birthday to my grandmother-in-law!), I'm making plans for March. This month, I plan to focus more on financial and...
Frugal Frustrations: When I Feel Like Giving Up
I have never been a big spender. I used to splurge on a few things, like fancy haircuts or expensive sunglasses, but I’ve never been one to go on crazy shopping sprees. I don’t believe that happiness can be found in a shopping mall. The best things in life are...
My Budget Wedding
On this blog, I've shared budget wedding tips, and general tips for weddings...but I haven't shared my own wedding yet! Ben and I got married on a beautiful fall day at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Keep reading for a breakdown of our entire budget and tips for...
#100FitDays
I recently shared a post called Goals Update - February 2016 on my progress toward improving my health - physically, mentally, and spiritually. My goals included: Exercise at least 5x per week (strength training at least 2x per week). Do yoga for at least 10 minutes...
Go From Hundreds of Page Views to Thousands
When I first started blogging, I did what many naïve new bloggers do: I focused 95% of my time on creating new content and 5% of my time on promoting it. For my first several months as a blogger, I shared my articles on my Facebook page and Twitter – that was all I...