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10 Dumb Money Moves

Free Money Finance has a post up on Stacy Johnson’s 10 dumbest money moves. I thought I’d share my take.

Here are the mistakes:

1. Not having a goal
2. Not having a spending plan
3. Attempting to derive self-esteem from possessions
4. Doing what everyone else is doing
5. Starting to save large and late rather than small and [...]

November 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Finance | 4 comments | Subscribe | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post |
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5 Life Altering Lessons I Learned From My Debt

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Several years ago, my wife and I dug ourselves into debt pretty deep. It wasn’t as bad as some, but it was much worse than anybody could actually want. Recognizing the problem as a problem was a life-changing event. From there, I’ve been examining every thing else about my life. As part of [...]

July 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Finance, Life | One comment - (Comments are closed) | Subscribe | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post |
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A Budget Isn’t Enough

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You’ve know exactly how much you make, to the penny. You’ve listed all of your bills in a spreadsheet, including the annual payment for your membership to Save the Combat-Wombat. You know exactly how much is coming in and how much has to go out each month. Your income is more than your expenses, [...]

July 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Finance | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | Subscribe | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post |
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Building 5 Bad Habits

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Good habits are boring. I mean, yes, they will help you succeed and provide some security, but so what? Bad habits are fun. Except meth. Meth is a bad habit that is decidedly not fun. Don’t do meth. Seriously.

There are so many entertaining bad habits that [...]

July 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Finance | One comment - (Comments are closed) | Subscribe | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post |
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