Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging
Posted in Blogging, Happiness, Motivation, Writing on Apr 23rd, 2008
On Monday I admitted to the world that I’m a really nostalgic person and began a brief (or maybe not so brief since this is part 2) look back at how far I’ve come over the past few years. I left off in October 2006 after having worked out every for a month and then […]
So I went to the ATM the other day to deposit a check and as the machine is supposed to spit out my receipt, a small piece of paper is slowly squeezed out. I’m confused until I pull it out—it’s the person who was here before me’s receipt. The machine maybe malfunctioned or something so […]
Posted in Happiness, Outside the box on Apr 21st, 2008
I’ve been reading a lot of posts on other blogs recently (Get Rich Slowly, Brip Blap, Frugal Dad, Lazy Man and Money) that I really enjoy and after a little analysis I figured out why: they were personal stories about the writers that gave a neat “intro” about something that happened to them that has […]
Posted in Happiness, Jobs, Motivation on Apr 18th, 2008
I was reading something over on Get Rich Slowly (I just can’t remember which article it was, I visit the site every day) that basically asked readers what their dream job was. Dream job was defined as the job you would do if you weren’t getting paid. It reminded me of my series of posts […]
Posted in Happiness, Money and Relationships, Outside the box on Apr 17th, 2008
Whenever I come into some money (tax rebate, freelance check, bonus, etc.), I usually save it. Save, save, save—that’s my mentality right now as I shoot for a $10,000 down payment for a place to live.
But recently M and I have come into some money that has a whole different set of circumstances behind it […]
Posted in Happiness on Apr 15th, 2008
Last week I wrote about my feelings regarding the new TV that was given to M and I as a very generous shower gift. I got some pretty good feedback so I thought I would share the news that we finally went out there and picked out the one we liked, brought her home, and […]
Posted in Happiness, Outside the box on Apr 11th, 2008
I love lists, especially when it comes to books. So I peruse as many lists as I can—which includes all the awards that are out there. I’m always in search of the perfect book (which is why I had readers pick my next book) and when the Pulitzer Prizes were announced this year I felt […]
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 […]
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 […]
About a year ago when I was looking for a new job, I started thinking about how I’d like to transition from my old job to the new one (when I got it). I was talking to M about it and I mentioned how I had always meant to live at this beach house my […]
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