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Posts from ‘July, 2008’

The Distinction Between Your Identity, Career, and Life

I recently came across a very interesting post over at Get Rich Slowly and figured I’d talk a little bit about it. Given my recent transition from a traditional 9-5 to a more unusual part time work and freelance hybrid, I’ve gone through a variety of stages in defining my career and my own identity.
I [...]

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Weighing your Debt Consolidation Options

There are an innumerable number of sites out there regarding debt consolidation, but sometimes its best (and easiest!) to go to a reputable site with a good amount of information and tools at your disposal.
Heading over to debtconsolidation.com, there’s a good amount of information and a few handy calculators., separated into different “wizards.” There’s a [...]

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Taxes Scare Me

As I continue to build up more freelance projects, I worry about the impact of taxes. While in most matters of Finance I’m at the very least intermediate, I’ve never really had a complex enough situation that I had to itemize or anything like that. I just told the IRS “hey, I earned this, you [...]

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Credit Card Offers: A Review

As always, I think its important to research and utilize a wide variety of resources at your disposal for your own gain or security, and credit cards fall into that category as well. So, occasionally, I like to look over a credit card offer site that promises to give you a good summary of what’s [...]

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Adventures in Lifestyle Design

So I’ve gotten back from vacation in Emerald Isle, NC, which was a total blast! The down time also allowed me to clear my head and get a more definitive idea of what my next course of action would be. I had been in the running for another full-time position, but didn’t look forward to [...]

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