About Me

Hello everyone, my name is Megan and I am an Australian single mum with a passion for budgeting.  I have wanted for a while to use my skills in budgeting to help others to improve their financial situation.  I have often seen and heard people on low incomes saying how hard it is to budget but they continue to spend and over extend themselves with no idea how to live within their means.

I have found there is not much funding out there to help people learn the skills to budget and I seriously debated undertaking a financial counsellors course.  When I enquired about it I was told that as there is limited funding that doing the course would not lead to work.  I really believe this is counterproductive on the part of the Government because if they taught people real skills then it may well reduce the number of people who end up in crisis and require more support either from the Government or charity organisations.

I’ve decided to create this website to get information and help out to people who are struggling to get on top of their budget and who despair of ever having savings.  I’m not a professional, nor do I profess to be, but I have managed my family finances as a single mum for over seven years.  My income is part-time work supplemented by Government payments and occasionally some child support.  I found it incredibly hard in the beginning to adjust to a low income, however over the years I have learnt to budget my money well and even save money!

So if you have any questions or comments to make please feel free as this page is about helping people to better manage their money.  Remember there is no such thing as a stupid question!

Cheers

Megan

Founder of tameddollar.com

Email: megan@tameddollar.com