One of the big monthly costs that I’ve had to add into my budget is the gym. We have a gym in our building, but it is pretty bad. I thought it was a selling point, but once I moved it, I had to admit that we really weren’t getting what we paid for. The [...]
One thing that caught me off guard last year was Christmas. No, not the actual day. I realize that Christmas has come on December 25 for the last thirty years or so. The spending is what caught me off guard. I was planning a lite Christmas as far as gifts and then, one by one, [...]
It’s the last Saturday in January and this has been an interesting week for losing weight. I managed to forget to weigh in before eating this morning, but I promise that I’ll update my totals tomorrow. It’s been a good week for going to the gym. I have been twice already and plan to go [...]
Last Saturday, I introduced the idea of integrating weight loss and financial fitness. I am a big believer that the two can work really well together.
One thing that I am struggling to integrate into my daily life is working out. There never seems to be enough free time in the day to make [...]
Sure, there may be no actual disease called Debt Fatigue Syndrome or DFS, but I suffer from it. One of the main symptoms of DFS is when you hover your own finances, check and recheck them, not because you are being diligent, but because you are scared. DFS is constantly updating Quicken only to get [...]
When I worked in a bookstore, I always saw this book called, “Why Won’t the Landlord Take Visa?”: The Princeton Review’s Crash Course to Life After Graduation (Career Guides). I thought it was a great title and never thought the day would come when a landlord would ACTUALLY take Visa (or Mastercard or Discover, etc.). [...]
By now, I think I’ve pretty much recited Total Money Makeover, even though I am still not 100% sold on the Dave Ramsey system.
One analogy he uses throughout the book is weight loss/fitness. Money management and fitness are very similar. Just like a reduction in calories can help restore your personal health, a [...]
Well, I hope everyone likes the new look of the blog. I ditched the giant picture of Benjamin Franklin (for now) and switched from green to blue, primarily because the color was already in the theme. I know that people keep talking about signing up for AdSense and I probably will one of these days, [...]
Well, I decided to try Quicken.com the other day. Does anyone remember Jerry Maguire? I’m sure a lot of you (well, if there were a lot of people reading this blog, then a large portion of you) remember Renée Zellweger ’s big line, which was, “Shut up, just shut up. You had me at ‘hello.’” [...]
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