You Gotta Start Somewhere

Well, today I have added a few little status bars on the right-hand side of the website.
The first reflects my goal to reduce my credit card debt in 2009.  Again, my initial goal is to cut things by about 10% or almost $10,000.  If I reach that goal earlier in the year, I will figure [...]

Posted Under: Financial Goals 2009, Net Worth
This post was written by broke on January 27, 2009 Comments (0)

Should I invoke the debt snowball?

One thing that everyone takes away from Dave Ramsey is the debt snowball.  The only question I have about that is, wouldn’t you be better off paying off the high interest credit cards first?  I know that there is some psychological benefit to be gained from getting certain things out of the way, but if [...]

Posted Under: Debt Elimination, Net Worth
This post was written by broke on January 16, 2009 Comments (0)

My Current Financial Position (1.17.2009)

[Note: I originally posted this on January 11, 2009, but decided to redo how I would calculate my net worth.  Sorry for any inconvenience.]
Boy, this is a hard post.  With blogging, sharing your financial position is a difficult thing to do.  I mean, you’re just putting it all out there, but I guess it’s one [...]

Posted Under: Financial Position, Introduction, Net Worth
This post was written by broke on January 12, 2009 Comments (0)