Most people get paid bi-monthly on the 1st or 15 of a month or every two weeks. However, some of us get paid only once a month. Now, there are some benefits to getting paid only once a month like having a huge wad of cash deposited into your bank account and feeling quite “rich” on that particular day.

Should I buy? Should I continue renting? If I lived in a city where there was a clear choice, this wouldn’t be such a dilemma. However, living in a suburb of Los Angeles makes it a distressing, hair-pulling decision.

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Over the past couple of years, as my cats have become elderly felines, I’ve upgraded their food and litter. The food upgrade was really one of necessity – my cats just can’t digest less expensive foods filled with grains anymore.

It’s easy to think that only “average” income earners need to create a budget to be financially competent, but that’s definitely not the case. According to a story on CNN’s Money website, NFL players are susceptible to finishing their careers flat broke.

These past couple of months the notion of taking control of life has definitely been in the forefront of my ideas. Not so much because of my own personal lifestyle, I actually feel like I’m in control and make decisions that get me to where I need to be, but mostly because I’m in a position where I hear people blame everything under the sun for their own problems or their children’s.