Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
I know this article at SmartMoney is probably old hat by now. (It’s from January.) I ran across it in a waiting room the other day and it occurred to me that I’ve never really explained what’s going on between me and my boyfriend and living together.
I have a huge personal issue divulging stuff about [...]
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I was watching the A&E Hoarders program in utter horror. Meanwhile, I was going through some old papers getting them ready to shred. I had a hefty pile for the shredder and another pile for the trash bin. (The city recycling bins have not yet arrived, and for some reason DC is extremely picky. No [...]
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Do you ever say to yourself, “I have one somewhere. I just have to find it. If I can’t, I’ll buy another one.”
What do you in response to that?
Do you take the time to find it?
Do you go ahead and buy another one?
Do you ever stop to ask yourself, “Why can’t I find this?”
I’ve been [...]
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I am a worry wart. I’ve always been this way. I embrace it because I’m not changing. I’ve *tried* to change and the best thing I can do is accept it and deal with it in a positive way.
Now David at MoneyNing has a great post about How Not to Worry About Money. (Hat tip [...]
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Or is it “What Do You Have and Why Do You Have It?”
Since I’ve been packing my stuff these past few weeks, I’ve been asking myself, “Why do I have this?” I’m not that great at throwing stuff out once the clutter has built up. My filing system is a mess because I’ve been ignoring [...]
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Normally, I probably wouldn’t post this, except it’s local news of national interest and it comes as news on the heels of another suicide on the periphery of my life and another debt-related suicide in suburban DC.
If you haven’t heard, the acting CFO of Freddie Mac was discovered dead. Preliminary reports are of suicide.
The Washington [...]
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I know I’m not going to lose my job any time soon, but I am anxious. Very anxious. I can’t seem to shake the feeling that I am not as secure as I’d like. But the weird thing is that my job is secure. I am doing well at work and the way things on [...]
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Fortunately, not me. But Shana Madoff, whose uncle has robbed her of her wealth. Her husband’s character is being called into question and it’s a royal mess. Was she complicit as a compliance officer in said hedge fund? I don’t know.
But sadly, it’s not the only case I’ve ever heard of one family member cheating [...]
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Everywhere in the blogosphere you’ll see people writing about finances and couples. The advice is the same, to be honest, etc.
Here’s the thing. How can two people who spend lots of time together, NOT talk about their finances?
My boyfriend can read about my finances just by reading my blog. That’s an unusual case to be [...]
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Have you ever heard this phrase before? If you have, it was probably in Economics 101 at school. I heard it over and over again in Macroeconomics 101 my freshman year of college and frankly, it grew tiresome.
However, the other concept I learned that year which I really like, is Utility. What is the utility [...]
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