Author Archives: tcurtis@snideradvisors.com

And it can be expensive. Totes! Every week my husband and I do the food shopping together with the kids. It’s awful. Unless I’m alone with no one hassling me, shopping just for food is in my top five most irritating jobs. The kids are jerks the whole time, there’s always some argument about what […]

It seems like a basic idea. I needs the money and I wants it. Bank says yes: go time. But what if there was actually more to it? More to consider? Thanks to my ill spent youth, I now approach the question of borrowing money with the following two questions. 1) Do I need this […]

Planning your financial goals is notoriously boring. I get cheap thrills calculating my health insurance payment averaged out over 52 weeks, then 365 days. I can wake up in the morning knowing I’m spending $6 today on a dental check I’m 4 years late for. But I really do enjoy writing up budgets, creating spreadsheets, […]

Life is busy and it’s often messy, too. We have so much going on day to day — from work responsibilities to family or social obligations and our own time for ourselves — that taking the time to get organized may seem like it’s just not worth it. But allowing your space, whether it’s physical […]

With the move towards a cashless society, it’s becoming more difficult with each passing year to control your spending, especially on impulse purchases. When you swipe your credit card, you often don’t realize how much you’ve spent – that is until you receive your credit card statement. By tracking your spending it helps keep you […]

The best thing about WordPress is the awesome number of plugins. The ecosystem of themes and plugins that has developed over the years is huge. As an entrepreneur building a website, the ability to build-in just about any functionality you want without the need to program makes WordPress such a great platform. The challenge though […]

Whether you are looking for a specialised app or just want something to help you get more organised, there a plenty of options available. Some are free and some are subscription based (ironically). It’s best to take your time and find the right tool that suits your needs because the last thing you want is […]

The great thing about the age of the internet we currently live in is the ability for so many of us to build a thriving internet business from home whilst still having a regular job. For those entrepreneurs who work days for someone else, and nights burning the hours for their passion, one of the […]

Free trials are great. They give us the opportunity to try before we buy and make an informed decision on whether the product is suitable for our needs. There is one thing worth watching out for though, and I call it the Free Trial Up-Sell. Imagine you find the perfect product (going by the website) […]

Depending on your needs and the way you want to manage your subscriptions there a number of different options to choose from. It’s important to understand what you need as a subscription tracker, your level of comfort with security and how organised you are. CNET do a great review on a number of these apps […]