Personal Finance Review – Best Investment I Ever Made Edition
October 21, 2007
Maybe I’m being a little over the top but in terms of value gained in relation to money spent, the purchase of my Zen Nano Plus mp3 player is the best investment I ever made! What’s so great about it? Never ending learning and self-improvement, anytime and anywhere. Whether it’s driving to work, waiting in […]
How Do You Value Your Money?
October 18, 2007
How do you decide how much money things are worth to you? How do you decide when you’ve spent enough? eBay DiscountsI had an eBay customer ask recently for a discount if they bought two of the same item. I knew how much I stood to make with and without the discount and both amounts fit the […]
Saving the Environment and Saving Money – Blog Action Day
October 15, 2007
Saving money and saving the environment are sometimes complementary objectives. A lot of it has to do with limiting your resource consumption. For example, using less gasoline is good for your wallet and helps reduce your footprint on the environment. While we’re not the world’s foremost conservationists we do try to manage our resource usage. […]
Personal Finance Review – Featuring Joe Money & Bob Cash
October 14, 2007
Today the weekly roundup will be run by two special hosts, please welcome Joe Money and Bob Cash. Joe and Bob have been close friends since they were little but have different outlooks on money so I thought it’d be interesting to hear their take on the personal finance articles this week. Joe: Hey Bob, you’re […]
What Would You Do With a Million Dollars?
October 8, 2007
What would you do if you woke up tomorrow and had a million dollars? Do you think your answers to that hypothetical question might change if you actually won a million dollars? As I mentioned on QuickCents recently, Problogger had a cash giveaway where you were entered to win a variety of cash prizes by […]
Personal Finance Review – Installing a Patio Edition
October 7, 2007
I don’t remember the last time I was this sore! We spent all weekend putting in a Pavestone patio with the help of my wife’s parents (thanks guys!). We hit a few roadblocks along the way but managed to overcome them and now have a new back patio! We still have one more step left […]
How Spending Money Can Actually Save You Money
October 4, 2007
I’m not one for spending money. It’s actually one of my least favorite things to do. However, there is something to be said for preemptive spending that can help save you time and money. The CrisisThe story begins like this. I arrived home late yesterday evening after a long, horrible day at work to discover […]
Start Your Christmas Gift Fund in October to Avoid Holiday Debt
October 3, 2007
Although we haven’t even seen Halloween yet, let alone Thanksgiving, it’s not too early to start budgeting for Christmas. Make It Easier To SaveAre you paid twice a month? Then you have 6 paydays between now and Christmas. If your paycheck only comes once a month there are just three money days before the end of the […]
Personal Finance Review – Working Too Hard Edition
September 30, 2007
I hate working over the weekend! I hate working over the weekend! Did I mention that working over the weekend sucks? The end of every quarter is a busy time at my job and this quarter was worse than normal for my team so I was stuck there late Friday and spent all day Saturday working. The […]
Would You Rather Pay More Taxes or Pay More for Health Care?
September 28, 2007
Those Canadians have it made! Or do they? I’ve talked with two Canadians recently about their health care system and taxes and neither one of them seemed too pleased. With the rising cost of health care in the US, having medical services funded by the government sounds pretty nice at first. Here is a summary […]
