Let’s face it, when you start breaking down personal finance and managing your money to it’s core, you have 2 options: 1. Spend less 2. Earn more Often, we focus on one and not the other, much to the detriment of our potential well-being. Bringing in extra money can provide a cushion for your month […]
Posts from ‘November, 2007’
What is Success?
Many PFbloggers like myself like to point out the potential flaws of “success” as typically defined by mainstream society. We are told that success involves having a big house, a BMW in the driveway, a house at the shore, 60 hour work weeks and debt up to our eyeballs. Materialism is something that runs rampant […]
Earliest Retiree
I’ll be the first to admit I’d love to retire, or even downshift to part-time, if given the opportunity. I have some things going for me in this regard. One, like my buddy JD (Not really, but he did send me an email once?) I’m childless by choice. Two, I’m relatively young (but I feel […]
Moving Time
So, I’ve been quite busy with the upcoming move (going through on the 15th), and even a tad stressed about it. This in and of itself is surprising, since I keep my stress level at about nil most of the time. After all, what’s the point of going through life on edge and pulling your […]
You Gamble More than you Think
Hello everyone, my apologies for no-post Monday, but I had a long weekend and so was away from my comp. Fear not, more money projects are in the works, and I’ll continue to keep you guys posted as we go along. Back to my topic at hand. I’m always fascinated by the purposeful aversion people […]