Archive for the ‘Personal Finance’ Category
How often do you worry about money? Once a week? Once a day? All of the time? At one time in my life I was so stressed about money (specifically, how much I owed and [...]
April 21st, 2009. . Read More »
I read a great post this morning by Monica O’Brien of TwentySet about Generation Y bloggers and generational stereotypes. It got me pondering stereotypes I’ve encountered about how twentysomethings handle money. What are these stereotypes? [...]
April 20th, 2009. . Read More »
I’ve been working on personal financial goals for over three years. During that time, I’ve also set goals to get stronger, eat better, and lose weight. Unfortunately, I frequently failed to achieve my health goals…until [...]
April 17th, 2009. . Read More »
The 80/20 rule, or Pareto principal, is one of the most common management strategies to help people focus on what’s important and get more done. Simply stated in terms of productivity, the 80/20 rule says [...]
April 13th, 2009. Topics: Financial Organization, Goals. Read More »
Did you know that 19% of 18-29 year-olds are currently unemployed, compared to just 7% of the general population? We’re also less likely to have health insurance than older workers. On top of that, [...]
April 8th, 2009. . Read More »
As I’ve said before, I try to avoid writing excessively about the recession. I don’t believe that ruminating on lost jobs, retirement savings, and credit opportunities will fix anything—let alone make us feel in any [...]
February 12th, 2009. . Read More »
People spend—and overspend—for a lot of reasons. Here are five reasons may people spend more than they have. If you have trouble overspending, uncovering why is an important step in learning to reign in the [...]
January 7th, 2009. . Read More »
Imagine a crisp one dollar bill. What does that one dollar mean to you? How would you spend or save it? Now imagine you are homeless and only have $4 to your name. Now what [...]
January 5th, 2009. . Read More »
I’m excited to announce a new project I am involved in that could revolutionize the way we choose our checking accounts and CDs: BankAround.com.
December 30th, 2008. . Read More »
A fresh year on the calendar or not, resolutions are hard to keep. Whether the target weakness is overeating, undersweating, or overspending, temptation is everywhere and old habits die hard. But if you want to [...]
December 30th, 2008. . Read More »
