A Penny Wise or A Pound Foolish
I think that I’ve written before about the importance of taking baby steps to get to your desired point in life. I firmly believe that when you take a goal and break it down into actionable mini missions, it’s very easy to cross that goal off as accomplished and move on to the next one. […]
It’s time to stop living paycheck to paycheck especially if you are fully employed and you have the ability to do better with your money. Some of us are genuinely struggling to eat each month and we are not in a position to do better at this time. But if you choose to make bad […]
Do you understand the definition of net worth? If you follow many other personal finance blogs, you may see bloggers posting about their net worth. The really in depth net worth reports will go into detail about what makes up the calculation. You can easily calculate your net worth by subtracting your total liabilities from […]
As we say goodbye to an old year and welcome a shiny new year, many people are making personal finance resolutions. I’m not really a fan of calling them resolutions, because I look at them as goals that you will be working towards. The best approach to making your personal finance resolutions stick is look […]
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When you see advertisements on television encouraging you to visit a car dealership and take advantage of a new vehicle lease, it is very tempting. The payback is low, the cars are nice and it looks as though you are getting an excellent deal. Given the state of the economy, a car lease may be […]
Do you know that feeling when you think that you have it all figured out, but then something comes along and makes you question yourself? That happened me today when I was researching the fine details of the debt snowball method and came across something called the debt avalanche method. The Problem I had to […]
A few weeks ago, I found myself going through the Reddit Personal Finance goldmine. I call it a goldmine because it’s been a rough couple of months and I had lots of personal finance questions that I needed answers to. When life happens, everything that you had figured out gets thrown out and you’re somehow back at […]