Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
I’m having some professional difficulty right now and I feel like quitting and finding a new job. Unfortunately, I don’t have an emergency fund to float me during a period of unemployment. I have the windfall from the sale of my car and my tax refund which won’t be coming for a while since I [...]
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I’m not a fan of Dave Ramsey, but he’s spot-on about having ‘gazelle-like intensity’ when it comes to debt repayment.
This year, despite whatever financial crisis my parents are having or whatever they want (like a new-ish car for their 40th wedding anniversary), I need to pay down my debt. I have flat out told my [...]
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Many years ago when I was underemployed and living hand to mouth, a fairy godmother dropped $2K into my lap. I had missed a car insurance payment and been dropped by the insurer like a stone. I had to buy into Maryland’s state auto insurance for bad brownies, but it would cost me more than [...]
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I got a happy call today from my boss. I was nominated for an award at work for being a stellar brownie. It was approved by upper management and I’ll be receiving $1500.00 on my next paycheck. After taxes and 401k deductions, I should end up with about $800-900.
The question for you is:
Should I snowflake [...]
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My company has some rockin’ benefits. They make personal finance coaches available to employees to cover a range of topics, including debt reduction, budgeting, saving, retirement planning, insurance, and portfolio management.
I’ve been with my company for just over a year and a participant in the 401k plan for about 12 months. I have been buying [...]
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I have moved my meters. My Save-O-Meter is down to 4% right now. I started liquidating it to pay down my credit cards and cover my travel expenses to CA this month for my father’s 70th birthday.
The flipside is that I got to move my Debt-O-Meter to 24%! I’m very excited about this since I’m [...]
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On my 2009 action plan, I actually cleaned some stuff up at my apartment. I didn’t realize how much my shredder was getting filled. I dumped one bag of trash, one bag of shredded papers and one bag of recycling. heh heh. I even overheated my crazy huge shredder so I have to go back [...]
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A Gai Shan Life has a great post on things you wish you did and things you are glad you didn’t. The comments are interesting and so here’s my take.
First, some context. Early 2004 I had just moved back to DC from PA and started a new job.
Things I wish I’d done in the last [...]
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Ben at Money Smart Life doesn’t like me. I can tell. He tagged me to make a New Year’s Action Plan. Crud. I’ve been avoiding this. I have a 2009 goals post drafted, but meh, I don’t feel like posting it yet. It seems bland and dull. Nothing really exciting around here at MFC. 3 [...]
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I did some quick analysis of my net worth over the last 3 years. It’s a download of my stats from Net Worth IQ and took some quick looks.
I get discouraged, so sometimes it helps to really think about where I’ve been and how I got where I am now. I am in a better [...]
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