spending

After a year without concerts and visits to faraway loved ones, those things are suddenly possible again and it's hard not to break the bank.

Personal debt is like a ball and chain around the ankle. It drains you financially, mentally, and emotionally. With some good advice however, you can knock down your debt and begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Ariel Winter of Modern Family fame is not your typical teenager. Probably because she's made over $1.5 million in the last 18 months. But even though she's got more money than most teens, she can still spend like a regular kid.

I know it's only late-July and you may not want to start thinking about back to school just yet (or at least your kids don't!), but the stores are striking up the deals already in hopes of getting your spending dollars this back to school season. And it's no wonder why!

It seems like one day I was buying greeting cards at a normal, expected price...then all of a sudden, BAM! $6 bucks!

Before I say anything on this, I want to state that I would be writing this regardless of any political affiliation. I'm an independent thinking, smart American and also the estimated population of the United States is 316,436,465 and If you break that down, each citizen is $52,923.56 in debt.