Monthly Archives: February 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-20

RT @moneycrush: Ooo, ING is offering a $100 bonus for opening a business savings account with code BSA324. Guess what I’ll be opening… # My kids have pinkeye and are willing to share, if anyone is interested. # RT @bitterwallet: If you haven’t yet, pop over to http://enemiesofreason.co.uk/ to see how @antonvowl dealt with lousy…

Avoiding the Downside of Saving

Like all good silver linings, saving often comes with a storm cloud. Too often, people fall into the trap of forgetting to live while they are digging out of debt. Once you get into the habit of spending every spare cent to pay down debt, retirement, or a college fund, it gets easy to ignore…

How to Live Happily Without a Budget

Last spring, we sat down and built our budget. We spent 9 months adding the non-monthly bills that we forgot about when we created the budget.   Setbacks and shortfalls almost killed the budgeting plan completely. It took almost an entire year to get our budget right. Now?  I refer to the budget once per month.  …

30 Day Project Update

My first 30 Day Project for the month of February has been to work my way up to doing 100 pushups in a single set. At the end of January, I did a test to find my baseline, my starting point. I could do 20 pushups, but there was no way 21 would happen. My…