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Turn Your Passion Into A Living

Finding your dream job or life's work may not be as hard as we all make it out to be if we decide to take action towards this goal.

Best Money Tips: Self-Promote for More Success

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup. Today, we share tips for promoting yourself, how to ma

Stay Focused: 300+ Tips for Staying Focused

Spring brings out the worst in my ability to focus. When the weather turns better all I want to do is be outside. So, here is a roundup of the best motivational and focusing t

Best Money Tips: The Wisdom of Yoda

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup. Today, we share financial wisdom from Yoda hi

How to Budget and Track Expenses for Your Next Vacation

Budget Your Trip is a free online tool that puts some science into estimating, budgeting, and tracking your expenses for your next vacation.

3 Reasons Why Keeping Your "Latte Factor" Will Help You Save Money

Here are a few reasons why keeping your "latte factor" will help you save.

Are You Listening to TED?

Do you know TED? Have you heard the name? No, this is not a reference to the United airline, or my crazy uncle. This TED is devoted to technology, entertainment and design. TED

Cleaning the Oil Stove

I'm naturally pretty scared of doing maintenance on anything electric or gas or kerosene oriented. Thankfully my husband was game about cleaning the kerosene stove or we'd be ou

Best Money Tips: Tax Day Freebies

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup. Today, we give you some tax-time freebies to

Live Abroad for Less (Also at Home)

All but one of the "live abroad for less" ideas are just as applicable to frugal living in your home country.

Ask the Readers: What's In Your Wallet?

We want to know what you currently carry in your purse or wallet.  By sharing the contents via comments or Twitter, you will be entered to win a $20 Amazon

IKEA Survival Guide

IKEA is a great place to buy furniture with style that doesn't cost a ton of money. But the store is notorious for sucking away hours of your time and patience. Here are five ha

If Budgeting Isn't Fun, You're Doing It Wrong

Budgeting should be fun. If you don't believe me, you've been doing it wrong.

Best Money Tips: Girl Scout Cookies on the Cheap

Welcome to Wise Bread’s Best Money Tips roundup. Today, tell you how to bargain shop for Thin Mints, the best way to get cheap airfare, and some cool ways to make gourmet tea wi

Save on Last Year's Taxes Right Now

You can still save on last year's taxes right now, if you still haven't filed your income tax return yet.

Best Money Tips: The Perfect Pie Crust

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips roundup. Today, we give you expert tips for making the "perfect" DIY pie crust, how to know if you need gap insurance, and whether a

12 Surprising Ways to Reuse Aluminum Foil

Why throw aluminum foil away when you can use them to sharpen scissors, reduce static cling, and protect your plants! 

Would You Pay? The Brave New World of Online Music

There's a new idea on the horizon to get people to pay for the music they download. The gist is pretty simple--make listening to and downloading music into a game, like Foursqua

Best Money Tips: 10 Ways to Improve your Home Office Cheaply

Welcome to Wise Bread's Best of Personal Finance roundup. Today, we share tips for jazzing up your home office on a budget, how to throw a killer LEGO birthday bash, and 33 free

10 Tips to Save You from an ATM Skimmer

If you don’t yet know the term “skimmer,” put it in your vocabulary. Here are ways to avoid ATM skimmers.