Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
James of DINKs Finance reposted a list of saving tips from Jane Bryant Quinn. It’s a good list and a great way to take stock of where I am.
1) Save all your cash gifts: – Not really doing it, but I hardly get cash gifts anymore.
2) Pay Yourself First: Got the 401K going on. I [...]
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It was $11 I didn’t need or use anymore.
In fact, that snappy iPod I won last year has gone AWOL. Frankly, I don’t really miss it. I was balking at spending the $50-$100 needed to get a car adapter which is all I would use it for anyway. No iTunes spending for me.
I am trying [...]
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Savvy Steward asked me about putting money into a Roth IRA. Currently I do not have one, and with my Debt-O-Meter as is, I am not sure where I’d squeeze out the extra cash to put money there. I backed off on maxing out my 401k contribution so I could have a little more money [...]
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Read this daily meditation by 3 Things About Money. She writes a pretty good blog and this post caught my eye because I think I’m having a lot of anxiety about money lately. Scratch that. I KNOW I’m having a lot of anxiety about money lately.
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Happy Lunar New Year! How are your Julian Calendar new year’s resolutions going?
I’m a big believer that every day is a new day and a new opportunity to make a change in our lives. If you’re not following your budget this month, that’s no reason to stop trying to make your budget tomorrow or next [...]
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Last year I wrote about what a lousy Catholic I am, but I do keep Lent. I’ve been really busy this year due to Daylight Savings Time changes this year. I’ve had a lot of upgrades scheduled midweek at odd hours, etc. It’s why I never posted yesterday. (BTW, you guys in the PF [...]
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Kirby & Kira both write about their micro-level spending. I know I have a problem with buying things with cash. But lately I’ve been doing the John D. Rockefeller thing and writing down all cash outlays into a little notebook. Doing so means that I spend less. I am so frickin’ lazy that I will [...]
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I’m sorry, this is the real reason why I want to be rich. Forget that scholarship stuff.
Though this article did not meet the 84th Carnival of Personal Finances’ two-week requirement, I still liked it. The Digerati Life on how living in a rich neighborhood can be dangerous for the poor Yet another reason why inequity [...]
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I was looking at Quicken over the weekend. I was really tempted to drain out my Emergency Fund and pay down a credit card.
Friday night I updated my January 2007 Net Worth. While I was looking at my Net Worth IQ graphs, I realized that my credit card balance didn’t have a serious dip in [...]
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‘Life is hard. Get a helmet.’
Jane Dough tells it like it is. Becoming wealthy is within reach if you want to do what you really have to do, spend less than you earn and save your money.
Kind of sucks to hear it out loud, but get used to it and end up with enough for [...]
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