The Writer’s Coin

I’ve mentioned before that M and I are getting married pretty soon (two and a half weeks!) and one of the things that we’ll be doing that is relevant to this site and to personal finance is joining our bank accounts. We’ve already created a joint ING account that simply shows up via both of […]

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On Monday M and I celebrated our three-year anniversary—three years ago to the day we met at a bar and started to get to know each other. In May we’ll be getting married and we’ll start celebrating that anniversary so I wanted to do something special this year (as I try to do every year). […]

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Or: How I boosted my monthly savings from $150 to $200
You hear a lot of personal-finance sites telling you to revisit your monthly bills regularly to make sure that you’ve minimized each one so you aren’t paying for something you aren’t using. I always kind of glossed over that advice, like many other people, […]

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None of us are perfect when it comes to our finances, our hobbies, or anything else. But even the best of us seem to fall into that trap and when we are reminded of our imperfection, we take it a little hard.
Trent over at The Simple Dollar had a recent post about it.
And yesterday Ramit […]

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It’s easier and more motivating to think of budgeting and saving as a series of problems that can be solved if you put a little thought into it.
For me, I have a few things that could prevent me from making my budget every week:
Problem: Books I love books. I also love to read, but having […]

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I’m always curious how different people settle on different ways to budget because if you don’t find the one that’s right for you, you won’t stick with it for very long.
I use my credit card for absolutely everything, redeem the points for cash, and pay the whole thing off every month. I keep track of […]

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