Feel Smart About Money in Your 20s - Tip #2
Have a plan you can understand, believe in and commit to..
Feel Smart About Money in Your 20s - Tip #1
Shift how you think about money…
Lowering My Broadband Bill
When we moved into our house, we signed up for high speed internet with a promotion for $29.99/month for 6 months. That 6 months expired a couple of months ago and since then we have been paying the regular price of over $50/month.
You don’t have to read too many personal finance blogs to find [...]
2006 Year End Review
2006 was a good year for us. We purchased our first home, my wife is a year closer to graduation, and our net worth nearly doubled from $23, 824 to $45,705. I wont complain about a 91.8% increase. Here’s a closer look at each account:
Top 5 Referring Blogs of 2006
These are the top 5 blogs that sent the most referrals my way in 2006. I’d like to thank them and recommend that those of you who aren’t already keeping up with them, check them out. They are all high quality with lots of great content.
1. My Money Blog
2. Bank Deals
3. Free Money Finance
4. [...]
My 5 most popular posts of 2006
Sure, it’s not super scientific as some posts were around longer than others, some posts were linked in carnivals, and a blog’s popularity changes over time, but according to post views, and for what it’s worth, these were my 5 most popular posts this year:
.002 dollars does not equal .002 cents
Wow. I was both shocked and horrified as I listened this recording of a phone call to Verizon.
In the call the customer is trying to resolve an issue where he was quoted a price of .002 cents per kilobyte but charged .002 dollars per kilobyte.
He speaks to a rep, a supervisor, and a [...]
Improving Your Relationship With Money
For many of us, our relationship with money gets less positive personal attention and focus than any other relationships we have. This is especially strange when you consider how much worry, frustration, and stress arises from our relationship to money, how often it dictates our degree of emotional well-being, and how direct its impact [...]
Abundance vs. Scarcity
Three premises of scarcity thinking are: “there isn’t enough”, ‘more is better”, and “that’s just the way it is.” We start to learn the Theory of Scarcity very early in life. There are only five slots open for the junior high cheerleading squad or for the starting lineup on the basketball team. This [...]
Women Millionaire Decision-Makers
While relatively small in number, wealthy women who are the primary financial decision-maker in their household have some distinctive attitudes towards investing, retirement, and their lifestyle that sets them apart from their male decision-maker counterparts.
