What a journey it’s been so far! This is the 200th post on Creating My Kaleidoscope, a little blog I started up at the end of 2014. My original intent was to document our journey out of debt and build some accountability into our mission to achieve financial semi-independence. In …
I hope that everyone enjoyed the long weekend, at least everyone here in the United States. Welcome Summer!!! The twins are a couple of weeks old now, so we’re starting to fall into a new normal as a family of seven and I’m finally beginning to feel like myself again …
Our financial focus over the past few years has been on how to pay off debt. One of the most effective ways we’ve found to lower our debt is by increasing our income with side hustles. Now, it seems like side hustles are generally construed as a type of part-time …
We started off January with a lot of big goals for this year, then multiple illnesses slowed us down. We’ve finally been healthy for a few weeks, increasing our productivity, and even finding time and energy for some side hustling and family fun. Pregnancy & Prepping For Twins I …
I am so proud of the way that we are destroying our debt. It is both rewarding and motivating to see how far we’ve come in just a few short years. Tracking financial progress can provide an immense boost of resolve to continue, and even step up, our diligence. That is why …
I started the New Year with such great intentions and energy. The pregnancy wasn’t too burdensome yet, but then the stomach flu hit our house, followed shortly thereafter by bad colds. We all seem to be recovering now, and are just trying to get back on track. The twins will …
January is all about making goals and getting motivated for an awesome new year. It represents a chance to start fresh and focus on moving forward, instead of worrying about setbacks from the previous twelve months. We all have tons of things that we would like to accomplish, but some …
Happy New Year everyone! I hope that all of you made some great memories during the holidays. 2016 was a rough one for a lot people. The hateful goodbye messages on social media were proof enough of that fact. We faced many challenges of our own, but survived and came …
I posted a few days ago about feeling a bit overwhelmed with work. It really is my own fault, trying to be a full-time working mom, while side hustling to pay off debt. However, life will not be like this forever. We are setting ourselves up for success, so that …
Financial struggles can make for extremely trying times. There are plenty of reasons why someone might end up in such a position, including job loss or medical issues. Whatever the reason, it can become difficult to get by when there isn’t much money coming in. You may even need to …
