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Monthly Archives: December 2009

How have you improved your situation today?

Every day, in some small way, it’s important to do something to improve your situation.  Whether it’s paying down debt, researching inexpensive alternatives to your existing expenses, or something as simple as hugging your spouse or playing games with your kids. Educate I was once told that every day, you either get smarter, or you…

Budget Lesson, Part 1

Over the next few weeks, I will be going over my budget in detail. The first section is income, but that’s straightforward.  A line for each income source, bi-weekly, monthly and annual totals.  Simple. Before we start, a word on the organization.  There are five columns: Category – This is the description of the line…

Hypocrisy

Sometimes people make choices for a variety of reasons entirely outside of my knowledge and understanding.  Yet somehow, I still manage to be dismissive and occasionally derogatory. What I have come to realize is that there are numerous reasons for making apparent bad decisions.   It is easy, though often not correct, to dismiss these supposed…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-26

Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond. # RT @keepinspiringme: Win a Canon EOS 450D SLR camera by simply tweeting the #kimcanon hashtag. # RT @mbhunter Carnival of Personal Finance: Parts-of-speech abuse edition http://bit.ly/7cyAqV # Note to self: While misusing the faucet sprayer…