How much money should I have in my ING account if I lost my job? Most people will just take their take-home salary and multiply it by three or six months or whatever—and that number is usually pretty high. Do you really need that much money? The number seems so big, lots of people just [...]
Monthly Archive for May, 2009
200 Subscribers: Thank You!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2009
Today I finally reached the 200 subscriber mark and it feels damn good. I know it’s a small number compared to other sites out there that have thousands and tens of thousands of people reading their blogs, but I’ve worked hard to get to 200 and it’s a big deal to me. Thank you to [...]
A Five Year Old Gets It, We Don’t
Posted in Happiness, Money and Relationships on May 4th, 2009
My wife went for a walk with a friend of hers yesterday and had a really interesting experience: So we’re walking along the sidewalk and up ahead we see this cute little five-year-old boy standing there with a little table in front of him. On the table is a little plastic bag with some money [...]
Last night I went to one of my favorite places in the city: Wrigley Field. I went to watch the Cubs take on the Marlins, but after about an hour and a half that plan was scrapped. About two hundred fans (myself included) wound up standing around the concourse watching the Bulls-Celtics game on TV. [...]
