Posts under ‘Personal Finance’

I recently read over an article chronicling a number of individuals who live on $18,000 a year by choice in order to pursue their passions and it got me thinking. On one hand, I admire these people. Hopping off consumerism merry-go-round (I’ve tired of the hamster wheel analogy) and living life they way you choose [...]

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Naturally in a world where just about everything is at your fingertips, there are dangers involving how you spend your money. Recently released devices and software platforms, however, have introduced a wrinkle into this problem: microtransactions. Iphones, iPod touches, Kindles, Nooks, Steam (a gaming platform for the PC) all give us what we want when [...]

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I take much of my everyday inspiration from other popular blogs that I read everyday. Some are about finance, others about retirement, and still others are simply about life and living the life you want. One such blogger, JD from Get Rich Slowly, talked about how money fits into his life:
I believe that money is [...]

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One of the funny things about personal finance is that your constantly gauging your current financial circumstances and looking for improvement. Often times when you break down just how long it will take to repay a loan or the number of years before your mortgage is paid off, you get a little down on yourself. [...]

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For those of you (apparently there are some!) who have visited in the past few months, you’ve probably noticed that I had all but vanished for the good part of a year. Unfortunately (or fortunately!) my new job required my reactive my Series 7 license. If you’re familiar, you probably know that any outside business [...]

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