The Writer’s Coin

Ever since I became financially aware (thanks to Kiyosaki for that one), I’ve also become aware that there is absolutely no education when it comes to money for a person growing up in this country (I only went to college in the US, but back home I had no financial training either).
Lately I’ve been [...]

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A recent post of mine of how scuba diving can teach us how to handle our finances has been included in the latest Money Hacks Carnival over at Mommy Gets Paid. Check out all the other great posts from the carnival here.
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I was reading a post by JD over at Get Rich Slowly yesterday that got me thinking about the way I build my savings. Right now I put in a monthly amount into a general savings pile in my ING account. Any extra money laying around goes into that pile, and I’m hoping that [...]

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Every frugal person I know has a certain pride about it: you don’t need to spend money the way other people do. For whatever reason, it’s something to feel proud of—like we’ve managed to sidestep some of the financial pitfalls that are out there. We’re better than that.
But a few things have happened recently that [...]

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So I’ve had a lot of trouble recently finding great books to read. Sure, I really liked Call Me by Your Name and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, but it seems like I’ve been quitting a lot of books and it’s kind of bothering me. I used to read on until the end [...]

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I’ve been having trouble recently finding a good book to read so I figured I would give this non-fiction book a try. It had been sitting on my bookshelf for a while and I actually bought it from Borders a long time ago so I knew I would have to read it eventually (you pay, [...]

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Last year my future in-laws decided to take M and I on a trip to Aruba and I was thrilled. But my father-in-law really wanted to do some scuba diving and M was already certified, so they asked me if I was interested. I had never done anything like it but decided it would be [...]

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If you’ve read anything about finances on this blog, you know I am a huge fan of ING—I use their high-yield savings account to put any and all extra money I have. But with the Fed cutting the rates over and over, the interest we get in accounts like this one has fallen. From a [...]

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