A Tour of Our New Android App

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Since we did a tour of the iPhone app when it was released, I thought it was only fair to do the same thing for our Droid users. One of the things that makes budgeting difficult is remembering to update our actual spending on a regular basis. Making a budget plan is a great start, but if we’re not consistently recording our expenses, it’s not much use.

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Paying Back Student Loans is Like Firefighting

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Perhaps you are looking down the barrel of a student loan. You did what you needed to do for your college education, but now you have a debt of $10k, $50k, $100k, or even $200k or more. These are one of the only types of loans that can’t get cleared in a bankruptcy, so this is often a millstone around your neck for life. Especially in this current job market, you may be making just $20k out of school, and that $100k loan looks literally impossible to pay off.

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Overview of Some Recent Changes

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It’s been a busy couple of months at BudgetSimple. We have a “continuous development” philosophy, where new features and bug fixes get pushed out the door basically as soon as they are created and tested. This allows us to have regular updates, but most are so subtle you probably don’t even notice them, so I thought I’d do a post outlining some of the big ones you may find useful.

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Staying in Budget for Christmas

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Christmas is a tough time of year on the budget. If you haven’t planned throughout the year, it’s very easy to get into debt in order to make everyone on your shopping list happy. How can this be avoided?

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