The 31-Day Money Challenge

Editor’s Update: We published this series in 2014. Since then, thousands have worked through the 31-day money challenge, finding great success. Because it’s as relevant today as it was then, we are republishing it this year. We hope it helps you with your finances.

As we begin a new year, it’s a good time to give our finances a makeover. So for the next 31 days, we are going to tackle just about every personal finance and investing topic one needs to get out of debt, start investing, and begin moving closer to financial freedom.

There is a lot planned over the next 31 days. Each day, I will publish a new blog post and podcast. I have a number of great interviews lined up for some of the podcasts. Today, for example, I interview Jean Chatzky about financial freedom, including what it means to her, how to achieve it, and what holds most people back.

From there we'll cover everything from budgeting to the one-and-done method of saving money to intro investing. There will even be a number of podcasts about how to make extra income. In short, I'll be covering it all.

Here's what I have planned for the 31-Day Money Challenge:

Day 1: What is Financial Freedom (with Jean Chatzky)

Day 2: How to Set Goals You’ll Actually Achieve

Day 3: How and Why to Prepare a Net Worth Statement

Day 4: 7 Tips to Effective, Stress-free Budgeting

Day 5: The 4 Rules of Budgeting (with Jesse Mecham of YNAB)

Day 6: The One-N-Done Way to Save Serious Money

Day 7: 20 Painless Ways to Save Money

Day 8: The Best Tools to Help You Better Manage Your Money

Day 9: Reader Q&A

Day 10: All About Credit Scores

Day 11: How to Improve Your Credit Score (interview with Maxine Sweet from Experian)