“It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to see where I’m going with this. It’s extremely silly to worry about saving $.50 at the FroYo joint when you drive a car that costs about 100,000x that much. This mother was completely missing the point. However, you need not look far to see Read more…
I’m making compromises on the one thing that I enjoy most because when I evaluate what I want more badly in life – gastronomic pleasures or a life that is free from the rat cage? Freedom wins, hands-down. via White Collar Freedom: When The Thing You Enjoy Most Is Costing Read more…
lay the waiting game. When you’re tempted to buy something on a whim, wait at least 20 minutes. Then, after clearing your head, reconsider how and when you’ll actually use the product. Instead of simply choosing to have it or not have it, think for a moment about what else Read more…
This year we took a fresh look at the best to-do list managers, helped newbies learning to code pick a first language to learn, helped you choose a great Wi-Fi router, and of course, found out which Android phones are the best this year. via Most Popular Hive Fives of Read more…
“If you are carrying a lot of debt, you can’t afford to take a vacation, you avoid going out, you feel pinched.” via The True Cost of Debt – The Simple Dollar.
It’s not what you make, it is what you spend. If you want to be wealthy (in-charge of money and not money in-charge of you) you will always have to spend less than you make and start saving and investing. It is that simple. A wealthy person is someone out Read more…
Today is the 48th edition of our periodic guest post series called 10 Questions and a Pizza Place. (The 1500′s are pizza fanatics.) We have a list of 17 questions we pose to fellow financial bloggers, and they are free to pick and choose 10 or answer all 17. Let us Read more…
And as for that New York Magazine headline, no, I don’t want you to Spend Like You’re Poor. To me, that would imply car loans, processed food, hair salons, restaurants, lawn care companies, housekeepers and all the things that people get when they follow the standard script of a people Read more…
It means that the list of “important things in your life” just gets longer and longer and longer, and that list of “important things” are each things that you dump money into without really thinking about whether they fulfill something truly important in your life. via Warren Buffett’s Two Lists Read more…
If you’re looking for a silver lining, there is one – millennials’ personal savings rates are still above the absolutely catastrophic negative 10-15% levels that were seen pre-recession. via The Millennial Personal Savings Rate is in. Sound the Alarms!.