Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. How much is $20 a month worth? (A Wealth of Common Sense). Boosting your savings by a little bit can make a big difference. How to save for a big purchase (Of Dollars and Data). Low risk isn’t the same as […]
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Profitable Ideas: Holiday Shopping in a Pandemic, a Financial Therapist’s Money-Saving Tips, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Holiday shopping is different this year: 12 trends to watch as you check off your gift list (Boston Globe). Making an appointment to shop, Black Friday will change, and more. The one thing to consider before asking for a higher salary […]
Profitable Ideas: Managing Your Career While Working Remotely, The Financial Scripts You Live By, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. How to keep climbing the ladder while you work from home (NY Times). Working remotely and the challenge of staying visible. The 10 highest property taxes by state (Clark Howard). When we moved from Illinois to Kentucky in 2012, we felt […]
Profitable Ideas: The Happiest Uses of Money, The Risk of Playing it Too Safe, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Spend your money on these three things to increase happiness, according to science (Becoming Minimalist). Good reminders about some of the best uses of money. 5 ways to land a promotion (besides showing you’re a hard worker) (Fast Company). How to […]
Profitable Ideas: Hands Off Your Retirement Money, Stretching Your Income Through Minimalism, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Should you take a loan from your retirement savings account? These people wish they hadn’t (MarketWatch). It’s pretty easy to tap into your retirement savings early. Here’s why you shouldn’t. Are you suffering from imposter syndrome? (Visual Capitalist). This is a […]
Finding the Money to Save or Invest – An Overlooked Essential Step
Much has been made about a recent dramatic increase in the personal savings rate. But the headline masks a couple of more important realities. First, the pandemic has divided the economy as never before. People who have lost their jobs aren’t saving more. In fact, many are running out of unemployment benefits and are barely […]
Profitable Ideas: How to Live More Intentionally, The Truth About Airline Mileage Programs, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. 6 thought-provoking questions to discover a more intentional life (in any area) (Becoming Minimalist). It has a lot to do with what you buy and how. Your home is not an investment (The Irrelevant Investor). But it probably is your single […]
Profitable Ideas: Which Colleges to Apply to, How Biased Thinking Can Mess With Your Money, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. This is the strategy high school seniors and their parents should adopt with college applications (MarketWatch). A new way of thinking about which colleges to put on your list. What’s the difference between minimalism and frugality? (The Simple Dollar). Both have […]
Profitable Ideas: An Important Financial Step Few Have Taken, A Pickup Might Be Running Your Finances Off The Road, and More
Weekly roundup of some of the best personal finance articles from around the web. Only 1 in 4 Americans have made this essential retirement planning move (Fox Business). It’s free, relatively easy, and it will probably motivate you to save more. Here’s one of the easiest tools for the job. Half of America doesn’t check […]
We Gave Away Our Van
I know that stuff is just stuff, but some stuff has memories wrapped up in it. Such was the case with our van, a 2004 Toyota Sienna. It was a dealer demo that we bought toward the end of 2003, just before our first child was born. We brought all three of our kids home […]