Saving cash when you’re doing some DIY improvements to your home doesn’t necessarily have to mean cheaper materials. Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal ...

You’ve stopped going to Starbucks. You cut your hair with kitchen scissors. I do that too, and they’re not even kitchen scissors, I think they’re paper scissors. You wash Ziploc bags to reuse them.

You’ll devote 20% of your monthly income to savings and debt payments if you follow the 50/30/20 rule. If that's not realistic for you, any savings amount is good. Many, or all, of the products ...