The Best Sustainable Cleaning Products! (No DIYs!)

Want to clean your home without dirtying our planet? In a way that’s easy AND saves you money? I feel you & that’s why I’m writing this post! I suggest saving it or liking it so you can come back & reference it when it’s time to buy new cleaning products! Your own sustainable cleaningContinue reading “The Best Sustainable Cleaning Products! (No DIYs!)”

4 Reasons Why You Should Sell Your Car NOW:

I hate it when writers mess around and take a long time to get to the point of their post, and I have to keep scrolling & scrolling. You know what I mean, so I am just going to jump right into it: Car values have appreciated for the first time ever. This is huge.Continue reading “4 Reasons Why You Should Sell Your Car NOW:”

20 Things You Can Do (For FREE) Instead of Sitting on Your Phone:

I’m sure you, like me, waste hours & hours of your life a week scrolling on social media, watching YouTube, watching Netflix, watching Twitch, scrolling on news sites, etc. Here are 20 ideas of what to do instead (in no particular order) for FREE: Call or FaceTime a family member or friend. Go for aContinue reading “20 Things You Can Do (For FREE) Instead of Sitting on Your Phone:”

Learning To Say No:

To start, this post was inspired by the Beautiful Minimal Millennial. She made a post talking about 3 things she always says “no” to. I decided to asses where I’m at with saying “no” too, since it also happens to be something I’m working on, so that I can say “yes” more to what mattersContinue reading “Learning To Say No:”

How Minimalism Has Changed Our Lives So Far:

I want to start by saying, thank you so much for all the love on my last post: I Think I’m a Buddhist?. I was very surprised at the response to it! I appreciate every single person that engages with my posts at all, so thank YOU! My husband and I have been obsessed withContinue reading “How Minimalism Has Changed Our Lives So Far:”

I Think I’m a Buddhist?

This post may be a little controversial. I am just going to start by saying I 100% respect all religions & beliefs as long as you’re not using your religion as a reason to harm or take rights away from others. It’s that simple. Like many people, I was raised Christian. Not hard-core Christian, butContinue reading “I Think I’m a Buddhist?”

How to Deal With People Giving You Gifts as a Minimalist..

Are you someone who is trying to attain or maintain a minimalist lifestyle, but has friends or family that love giving gifts? This post is for you! My husband and I also struggle with this, but we’ve found some ways to hopefully lessen the influx of stuff that comes into our house. Some back story…Continue reading “How to Deal With People Giving You Gifts as a Minimalist..”

9 Reasons Why You Should Quit Social Media:

In 2020, I took 2 separate month long breaks from social media, once in January & once in June, I ended up never going back to any socials except Instagram, Pinterest, & YouTube (& a touch of TikTok to post financial education videos). Now on May 20th, 2021 I started another indefinite break from socials.Continue reading “9 Reasons Why You Should Quit Social Media:”

My Goal Life:

Without knowing where you want to go, you will surely get lost along the way, wandering aimlessly. The same can be said about your finances & every other aspect of life. Before you start your conscious journey, Where are you going? Where do you want to end up? What does your dream life look like?Continue reading “My Goal Life:”

Consumerism Is Ruining Your Life:

Welcome back to Ease Your Financial Payne! 🙂 My husband and I have been going through some major mindset changes about how we view life, and one of the biggest is how we view having stuff, and how much “stuff” we purchase or, consume. This shift in values has been growing in our subconscious forContinue reading “Consumerism Is Ruining Your Life:”