Personal Finance Made Easy For Millennial Women
Lots of recipes use lemons and what about fresh orange juice or a lime served with tacos?
We need to get as much mileage out of everything we buy and one way to get the last drop from the citrus you buy is to use this simple trick.
Roll the fruit under your palm on a hard surface like a countertop. Press down as hard as you can as you roll the fruit around.
Give it a try and you’ll find you get significantly more juice from any citrus fruit.
Welcome to 2026.
I hope it’s going to be a good one for you.
When we talk about investments we rarely think about self-investment.
Spending money on something that somewhere down the road will hopefully pay for itself, or help you to make more money.
Something that’s the ultimate return on your investment.
It could be an item for the kitchen that’s more energy efficient or allows you to cook more at home rather than eating out all the time.
Maybe it’s a class or a course where you learn a new skill to earn more money or even start a new career.
It could even be as simple as learning to cook, to can food, to sew, to garden, to repair clothes etc.
This investment can even be free if you find a tutorial or class on line on say sewing or making your own soap or it can be a larger investment like a course. It all depends on your budget.
This new year think about something you can do to invest in yourself.
What skill and knowledge will you have gained by this time next year.
And finally, think about how this might lower your bills, how it might put more money into your pocket and what you can do with the extra cash.
I’d love to hear if you’re already doing something in the self-investment sphere, what it is and how you plan to put it to good use.
Until next time, happy savings.
I love this quote about borrowing rather than buying. This week think about all the things you’re going to borrow instead of buy in 2026.
Have a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and here’s wishing you a wonderful prosperous 2026.
One way we know we’ve stepped into the adult world is we have to start thinking about money. How to make it, how to save it, and how to spend it wisely. As we head into a new year starting thinking about your relationship with money and how you can improve it.