Archive for ' Finances'

A taste of hyperinflation Posted:February 15, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

A taste of hyperinflation

With gas prices rising AGAIN, I wanted to re-post this article from 2011. The more things change, the more they stay the same! Wheelbarrows full of German marks and stacks of Zimbabwean dollars paint a surreal [...]

7 Food Wasting Sins! Confessions from a former food waster Posted:January 24, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

7 Food Wasting Sins! Confessions from a former food waster

Guest post by Heather who blogs at Prudent Pantry. I was once a young wife and mother to a toddler. Hard at work learning to be a good wife and mommy. I got to stay at [...]

Give this super-easy 52-Week savings plan a try, and have an extra $1378 by the end of the year! Posted:January 05, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

Give this super-easy 52-Week savings plan a try, and have an extra $1378 by the end of the year!

I spotted this ingenious and simple savings plan* on Facebook, posted it on my wall, and it went viral with 3,074 likes and 4,230 shares as of this writing. I’ve never seen anything like it. Obviously, [...]

The backstory of The Survival Mom blog Posted:November 09, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

The backstory of The Survival Mom blog

I wrote this article a while back and didn’t do much with it. With the economy continuing to flounder and families in need of extra income, I thought you might be interested to read how I [...]

Don’t Get Hyped Up Over Hyperinflation (video) Posted:June 20, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Don’t Get Hyped Up Over Hyperinflation (video)

It seems that every time I write or talk about the importance of paying off debt, someone comes along to challenge me. “Why,” they ask, “should I pay off debt when I’ll be able to pay [...]

ACTION STEP: Pay it forward Posted:April 26, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

ACTION STEP: Pay it forward

This Action Step doesn’t have anything to do with the movie, “Pay it Forward”, although doing kind things for people is always a good idea. This Action Step is all about doing something kind for your [...]

14 Depressing lessons for America from the slow collapse of Greece Posted:December 27, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

14 Depressing lessons for America from the slow collapse of Greece

Other nations are hesitant to provide assistance to a nation nearing economic collapse , and for most, it won’t even be possible.  In the case of America, how many nations will be able to bail us [...]

A Thousand Here, A Trillion There: The Devastating Effects of Debt Posted:September 21, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

A Thousand Here, A Trillion There: The Devastating Effects of Debt

It all started with a credit card.  I was a new high school graduate with big dreams of going to college in style.  My tastes were fairly simple.  All I wanted was the best, and soon [...]

Preparedness mindset 1: Think annual, not monthly Posted:September 12, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Preparedness mindset 1: Think annual, not monthly

Guest post by Heather of Prudent Pantry, a member of our Survival Mom-Blog Ring. We are taught to think in a monthly budget or a paycheck-to-paycheck budgeting manner. What would you say if I said it’s [...]

Posted:August 18, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

How high can the price of gold go?

What do you think of when you think of buying gold?  Are you intimidated at the thought?  Is it confusing to know if you should sell all your gold jewelry or start buying gold coins?  We’re [...]