by OverviewFX | Feb 24, 2025 | Budget
Ah, tax season. For some of us, it’s a mad scramble to gather up receipts, 1099s, W-2s, and all of that mail that has “Important income tax documents enclosed” stamped across the front. Meanwhile, you might start Googling “free tax prep” or frantically emailing our...
by OverviewFX | Feb 20, 2025 | Budget
We built our dream house by accident.Or at least, that’s how it felt at first. My husband had gotten a new job in a new city, and our house-hunting came up empty handed. Then we stumbled upon a small lot for sale, right on a beautiful lake, facing the sunset, brimming...
by OverviewFX | Jan 30, 2025 | Budget
At the time, the set of three oversized garden gnomes from Costco seemed like a fantastic idea. Whimsical. Charming. A conversation starter. But once you got them home, reality set in.Are they sitting there, silently judging me with their unsettling side-eye? Why...
by OverviewFX | Jan 28, 2025 | Budget
This post is adapted from YNAB’s twice-monthly newsletter, Loose Change.“Miss Ashley!” The senior Southern gentleman standing before me reached out and touched the edge of the iPad I was taking notes on, forcing me to stop and meet his gaze. “I know to you, it’s...
by OverviewFX | Jan 6, 2025 | Budget
Money apparently couldn’t buy love for The Beatles, but they were also under the impression that there are eight days in a week, so can we really trust them? And I’m not sure if we can blame it on the Beatles because it would be shallow and disgusting to believe that...
by OverviewFX | Jan 2, 2025 | Budget
The clock strikes midnight and starbursts begin to flare overhead. As fireworks illuminate the night sky, this is it. Society called earlier. You were out, so I took a message and they’re saying something about how you better make the most of it? “Tell them,” they...
