105 Money Tips That Will Change Your Life (2024)

The year is almost over, can you believe it!? As the year comes to a close, it’s a great time to round-up all of my favorite blog posts on Making Sense of Cents from the past year in one easy spot so that you can check them all out. I have divided all of my…

I have divided all of my blog posts into the following categories:

My most favorite

Okay, so in case you just want to see my absolute favorite Making Sense of Cents articles from 2018, I have included those ones first:

Welcome To Paradise – We’re Living On A Sailboat!
I Thought I Was Too Good For Community College
The Best Money Advice I’ve Ever Received
Finding Freedom And Happiness In A Materialistic World
How A Minimalist Lifestyle Can Bring You Happiness
When was the last time you did something that scared you?
How This 34 Year Old Owns 7 Rental Homes
Getting A Loan To Buy A Pet Is Ridiculous
You Wouldn’t Work For Free, Right? So, Why Do You?
How This Couple Retired at 38 and 41
How This Couple Retired In Their 30s and Now Travel Around The World: An Interview With Go Curry Cracker
What Traveling Full-Time For 3 Years Has Taught Me
Would You Consider Living In A Camper To Pay Off Debt Quicker?
What We’re Doing Now That We No Longer Have a Car

Money saving personal finance tips

11 Things To Ask For A Regret Free Spending Decision
Ditch Your Car And Walk More
Want To Live Your Best Life? It Starts With Saving
Real Life Frugality- 20+ Ways Our Family Of 5 Is Frugal
Cut The Cord And Save Over $1,000 Every Year
Black Friday Doesn’t Have To Be The Start Of Holiday Debt
One Easy Way To Save $720 On Your Car and Home Insurance
10 Easy Instapot Recipes – My New Favorite Gadget!
7 Health Care Sharing Ministries: Why One of Them Might Be Right for You
8 Steps I Took To Save $200,000 By Age 27
Can A No Spend Month Actually Help You?
10 Delicious Summer Lunch Ideas
Stop Being Lazy – Why Overpay When You Can Save Money On Insurance?
Change Your Life By Becoming A Frugal Freak – 11 Ways To Be More Frugal
10 Meatless Monday Recipes You Should Try
How To Save Money On Your Phone Bill: Stop Paying Over $1,000 A Year On Your Phone
The Ultimate List of Over 50 Money Saving Tips

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Pay off debt tips

Pay Off Debt And Break Free Of The Debt Cycle – You Can Do It!
To Pay Off Debt Or Invest- Which One Is Best For You?
37 Crazy and Creative Strategies To Pay Off Debt From Real People
Punching $25,000 of debt in the face in 7 months
12 Strategies I Used To Avoid Getting Buried in Student Loan Debt
How We Paid Off $100,000 in Debt in 40 Months: Marriage and the Military
How I Paid Off Over $42,000 in Student Loans in 34 Months (Earning $36,000 Per Year)
How I Repaid $65,000 In Student Loans and Invested at the Same Time

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Money management tips

Is too much house making you house poor?
Wondering Why You Need Life Insurance? Here Are 4 Reasons Why
10 Statistics About The Money Habits Of The Average American
Your Financial Freedom Checklist
I Wish People Would Stop Spreading This Awful Financial Advice
How Is Early Retirement Even Possible?
Parents Paying For College – Is This A Good Idea?
You CAN Reach Retirement! Avoid These Top 5 Retirement Mistakes
Answers to 7 Common Questions About Family Emergency Binders
Check in on your finances with regular money talks
Are Travel Rewards Credit Cards a Scam?
How To Start Investing With Little Money
Smaller Can Be Better- Maximize Your Savings With A Small House
6 Things That People Finance That Leave Me Speechless
Is A Credit Card Emergency Fund A Smart Idea?
Would you risk your relationship and finances to cosign for a friend?
7 Ways My Relationship With Money Has Changed
High Financial Costs of Not Understanding Your Personality
From Rags To Riches- How Tina Immigrated To America With Nothing and Now Has a Net Worth of $2,000,000

Related personal finance tip: Personal Capital is a great resource that I highly recommend. You can track your net worth, your cash flow, your portfolio, your investments, and more. ReadPersonal Capital Review 2018- Manage Your Money For Free.

Making money blogging

Is Making Money From A Blog Actually Possible? Your Top 21 Questions Answered
Your Top 14 Tax Questions For Bloggers and Digital Nomads Answered
My 7 Year Blogiversary: What I’ve Learned And Love About Blogging
The exact template that helped my site earn $95,000 in affiliate income last year
How This 25 Year Old Earns $15,000 A Month From Her Blog
How we went from $0-$10,000/month blogging in less than a year
8 Reasons I Love Using FreshBooks To Run My Blogging Business
How a New Blog Grew Traffic 10,000% in 6 Months, A Must-Read For New Bloggers

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Make extra money

How Alyssa is making $200 a DAY in book sales passively
How to Make Money Self-Publishing Short Romance Novels on Amazon
How We Made Over $100k Teaching Overseas
How Kayla Earns $10K/Month From Home as a Virtual Assistant
How I Started Earning $3,600 a Month As A Pinterest Assistant After Just 6 Months
6 Actions To Take To Find Your First Customers When No One Knows You
How To Make $1,000 Extra In Your Spare Time With Facebook
70+ Ways To Make Money On The Side in 2018
Need Some Quick Cash? 10 Ways How To Make Money Fast
Want To Be A Rideshare Driver? Tips From The Rideshare Guy
11 Real Ways To Make Money Before The Holidays
How To Side Hustle- Answers To The Most Common Side Hustle Questions

Income reports

How I Made $1,536,732 In 2017 – My December Online Income Report and Annual Wrap Up
How I Made $114,812 In January 2018 Blogging
How I Made $179,139 In February 2018 Blogging (Best Month Ever)
How I Made $241,649 In March 2018 Blogging
How I Made $104,065 In April 2018 Blogging
How I Made $136,807 In May 2018 Blogging + Tips For The Summer Blogging Slump
How I Made $100,324 In June 2018 Blogging
How I Made $113,235 In July 2018 Blogging
How I Made $110,284 In August 2018 Working From Home
How I Made $104,814 In September 2018 Working From Home
How I Made $145,319 in October 2018 While Traveling
How I Made $159,592 Blogging in November 2018

Life, motivation, and inspiration

How To Simplify Your Life In 2019
Setting 2019 Goals- Let’s make this year the best!
Reclaim Your Day With These 12 Time Saving Tips
4 Mindsets That Will Rob You Of Your Dream Life
29 Money And Life Lessons I’ve Learned
One Year Later: My Extraordinary Interview Series Roundup
How Elizabeth Reached Financial Independence by 32 And Moved To A Homestead
Don’t Compare Your Beginning to Someone Else’s Middle
Our Financial Detour: How Budgeting Freed us to Follow our Dreams
Stop Feeling Bad For Yourself: Quit Making Excuses For Why Life Isn’t Better
From Well-Paying Day Job To Risky Full-Time Side Hustle – Why I Made The Switch

Travel

The Digital Nomad Lifestyle – A Day In The Life
From Backpacker Working For $3 An Hour To Sailor With An Online Business
10 Easy Homemade Snacks To Bring On Your Next Hike
Why I Love Living In A Vehicle
Here’s How To Save Thousands For Your Next Vacation
My Year In Travels – Where I Went in 2017 – Hiking, Biking, RVing, Sailing, and More
We Spent $43,486 To RV For One Year – How to Spend Way Too Much Full-Time RVing
How We Visited 8 New Countries in 2 Years – While Also Paying Off 58k in Student Debt

What is the best personal finance tip you learned in 2018?