What Was the Best $100 You’ve Ever Spent?
October 20, 2009
How often do you spend a big chunk of money and look back on your purchase weeks, months, or years down the road and congratulate yourself on money well spent? It seems for me that I usually do the opposite. Things seem to break before they should or don’t do as good a job as […]
Good Financial Cents
October 17, 2009
Each week I’m going to share with you a personal finance site that I enjoy. I started this a while back with Moolanomy, Gather Little by Little, and Being Frugal but got a little sidetracked when our daughter was born. Good Financial Cents This week I recommend checking out Good Financial Cents written by Jeff […]
Blog Action Day – Recycle, Recycle, Recycle
October 15, 2009
Recycling may not be the first thing you might think about when the topic of climate change comes up but recycling can certainly make a difference. Here are some recycling stats from the recycling section on the University of Michigan website: The U.S. recycles approximately 32 percent of its waste which saves an equivalent amount […]
Setting Goals to Get What You Want
October 13, 2009
How specific are you when you set your goals? If you were more detailed do you think you’d be more likely to reach them? I’ve always heard that being very specifc about your goals increases your chances of achieving them. Last weekend, I saw some pretty good examples of this theory in action. A Ten […]
What Kind of Spender Are You?
October 12, 2009
When you look around at all the things you own, what story does it tell about the kind of spender you are? Are you a smart, calculated spender that parts with your money only when necessary or do you tend to spend more freely and frivolously? When I bought myself a green hooded Columbia Sportswear […]
PayPal Discourages Use of Credit Cards
October 8, 2009
PayPal encouraged me to pay with my bank account rather than my credit card as I was setting up a subscription payment last night. When I first setup the subscription in PayPal it defaulted to use my bank account as the funding source. I wanted to switch it over to use my credit card just […]
TradeKing Promotion $50 Bonus
October 1, 2009
TradeKing $50 bonus for new accounts starts today & runs through the end of the month. The online stock brokerage is running this promotion for new customers that open an account in the month of October. No TradeKing promo code is necessary, you’ll get your $50 bonus after you make your first trade. You can […]
Career Planning Saved My Life
September 30, 2009
Career planning may be the only thing between you and total insanity! Take my word for it, planning your career can help you find a new job that you’ll enjoy more than the one you have now. Career planning can help you get a better job that pays more, teaches you new skills, requires you […]
The Sad Tale of Gansel and Hetel
September 29, 2009
The plight of Hansel and Gretel is known to many but have you ever heard the sad story of Gansel and Hetel? Two middle class kids “adrift” in the consumerist shopping mall culture take a bath in debt and almost ruin their lives… can they be saved? Bad Health & Bad Luck Gansel and Hetel […]
Personal Budgeting Styles & Tools
September 26, 2009
Personal budgeting can be a different process for each person. When I talked about how personal budget tracking can save you money, I used an example of how my employer saves money by tracking each piece of paper we print. I showed how the act of tracking each job before it’s printed and assigning it […]
