Margin Matters: How to Live on a Simple Budget and Crush Debt Forever

<p>According to NerdWallet, 75 percent of Americans do not live off a budget and half of them cannot produce $400 in an emergency. But how much you make isn’t the main concern—it’s your margin that matters most. This capstone, which includes several chapters from the book <em>Margin Matters: How to Live on a Simple Budget and Crush Debt Forever</em>, provides practical strategies for creating and sticking to a simple budget, eliminating debt permanently, and managing expenses to create the most margin at any income level. It describes how the author erased nearly $75,000 of debt in just under three years.</p> <p>Additionally, these chapters cover topics such as the psychology of money, the real cost of college, dying with debt, expecting the unexpected, differentiating needs from wants, and understanding why a home is a bad investment.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Professional Writing (MAPW)

Level thesis:degree_level

Capstone

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Brown, Jason

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Chris Palmer
• Dr. Anne Richards

• finances
• debt
• budgeting
• saving
• spending
• income
• Creative Writing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/mapw_etd/45

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:mapw_etd-1046