Today’s post is inspired by the awesome 7 Financial Hacks to Avoid from The Free Financial Advisor (also known as Average Joe’s Money Blog) and the beyond generic and boring 29 Ways You Waste Cash article from MSN Money. I am so tired of the same old advice on how to save money. What about those of us who already cut cable and don’t have a morning latte? At the same time, most of us cannotread more…
Trying to be Responsible My mother is short selling her house. As she was looking at her finances last year, she came to the realization that once she retires at the end of this summer, she would not be able to afford her mortgage payment. Being the responsible person she is, my mother started working almost a year ago with a real estate agent, an attorney, and the banks (she has two banks, one holds theread more…
I have thought hard about how to begin this post, as it is not really personal finance related, even though it is very personal and finances, as part of our American class system, do play a part. This is a post about our friend Russ, who died a few years ago of cancer. He was one of those rare friends who was in our lives for a reason, a season, and a lifetime, all at once.read more…
Why I Am Writing This Late last June, a few weeks before I joined Yakezie, and right about the time we were receiving the last of C’s unemployment checks, I wrote In Defense of 99 Weeks of Unemployment. It was not a subject I really expected to revisit, but even though the unemployment rate and votes for emergency extensions of unemployment benefits are no longer part of the daily news cycle, it is still something thatread more…
I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I am breaking from my usual posting schedule to post everyday this week in support of this project. Today’s post is about Money in Your 20s/30s/40s/50s/Retirement Click here for more posts on this topic. Today’s topic is also known as “Money in Your Life”, and that’s the view I’m going to be talking about. You see, what I want to talk about can happen in anyread more…
I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I am breaking from my usual posting schedule to post everyday this week in support of this project. Today’s post is about Budgeting. Click here for more posts on this topic. There is a part of me today that just wants to cheat and point you to my earlier posts A Budget is NOT the First Thing You Need, A Budget is Not the Secondread more…
I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I am breaking from my usual posting schedule to post everyday this week in support of this project. Today’s post is about Saving and Investing. Click here for more posts on this topic. In high school government class, we had to pick some stocks and follow them for a semester in order to see (kind of) how the stock market worked. I had toread more…
I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I am breaking from my usual posting schedule to post everyday this week in support of this project. Today’s post is about Relationships and Money. Click here for more posts on this topic. If you are new here thanks to Women’s Money Week, welcome! So glad to see you. If you have any questions about what I’m talking about, ask. I’m always happyread more…
I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I hope to have a new post for you every day this week. (Ambitious of me, I know.) Today’s post is about Entrepreneurship and Making Money. Click here for more posts on this topic. (Sorry this first post is late. With everything else going on in my life, I kind of forgot that this was Women’s Money Week. Posts for the rest ofread more…
Because I am too lazy to come up with an original post today, I’m answering these questions from Jana over a Daily Money $hot. I’m being extra lazy and not even posting the rules of the meme. I’m just answering the questions. 1. What is the one item you like to splurge on? It used to be getting my nails done, but now it’s shoes- a $200 pair every couple of years. (When did I becomeread more…
