Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
I’ve been glued to the TV and working besides. My inlaws live in New Orleans and were evacuated. They are assuming their house has been destroyed. They are up in Arkansas staying in their camper van. Not exactly the most comfortable situation, but it could be worse. The local government is saying that they may not be able to come back for weeks to months.
I read a fairly long article in the paper this morning that talks about how much debt we as a nation have. If every man, woman, and child paid their share of the debt, we’d each have to shell out $145000.00. WOW. Our government is overspending to the tune of over $300 billion and borrowing from people all around the world. It cited the fact
I called my broadband company today. 6 months ago, I had called to threaten to cancel if they didn’t give me a discount. They dropped the price for 6 months for me. Well, that 6 months is over so I called them back again. Here’s how the conversation went: Me: Hi. I’d like to change my broadband service to your 2 megabit speed instead of
I started writing this blog because I wanted to create dialogue around personal finances. I’ve always loved personal finance and am really amazed at how little most people care about their finances. So, here I was blogging away and then I noticed that Google had a thing called Adsense. I thought, WOW. I could actually earn money while I blog? It almost seemed too good
For the first time in at least a year and a half, my wife and I went to see a movie last night. We didn’t even know what we were going to see until we got to the theater. It was mostly just a break from watching our daughter since my wife’s parents are in town. They told us to go out and do something,
I had to blog about this article. I have a lot of feelings when it comes to living on social security because it’s what my parents are going to be doing. It can be done but it certainly isn’t ideal. If you have any debt, you probably can’t pull it off. Also, depending on how early you opt to start taking social security, you may
Never before in the history of mankind has such sophistication and effort gone in to taking your money. Companies are spending billions of dollars figuring out exactly how you think, how you act, and how to dial in your preferences so that you will buy their products. The end result is that many people spend large amounts of their time trying to figure out how
My wife and I spent a week down in New Orleans awhile back. I had heard that crime was a bit more prevalent down there than it is in the Northwest so I was on edge a bit. We had a rule that we didn’t stay out after dark because we were doing all of our walking in the French quarter, or close to it.
I found this article on Kiplinger and think it’s relevant, not just to people who haven’t turned 30 yet, but also for people who may be running a bit behind. Here are the 8 things it recommends you do: Identify your goalsStart an emergency fundPay off credit cardsStart investingEstablish creditSet up a strategy to pay off student loansTake calculated risksTravel Most of these (with the
I have been looking for ways to bring in new readers for my blog. I’m really enjoying writing the blog and love to see the traffic on the site rise. Here’s a tip:Go put in a few free ads (one in each city) in the general announcements area of http://www.craigslist.com. I’ve been seeing some decent traffic from craigslist and am hoping I may be bringing