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Scary Product Warnings, and Retirement Plans for Freelancers (5 Video Links)

“Staph, Strep, E Coli, Salmonella”   These four serious medical issues were listed on a 4-pack of Clorox Disinfecting Wipes.   Well, that’s terrifying- I guess I need to get some wipes to prevent these issues from killing me, or my family.   Fear can be an effective marketing strategy.   I’m not here to […]

What Lottery Tickets And A Range Rover Teach Us About Personal Finance

I saw a guy walking to his brand new Range Rover as he scratched off lottery tickets he’d just bought at the gas station. As I filled up my Honda, I watched as he got into his Range Rover- because I just wanted to convince myself that it was his car. Now, I came up […]

The Melted Recycling Bin: A Personal Finance Story (Chap. 9)

Authors’ note: Explaining personal finance can be pretty dull. That’s a problem, if you need to learn about personal finance. On a plane from St. Louis to Seattle, I decided to try and fix the problem. What if I could wrap some accounting concepts inside of a quirky (funny?) short story? My goal here is […]

Can’t Keep Up? 4 Ways to Simplify Your Personal Finances

  It’s just a few days until April 15- are your freaking out? The individual tax deadline is the straw that broke the camel’s back for many consumers. As if personal finances wasn’t already difficult- now I’ve got to get my taxes in?! Frustrating. So, I’d like to thank the folks at Earnest.com for provided […]

The Shocking Truth About $9.99

Does $9.99 really make that much of a difference? It dawned on me on the Wednesday before Thanskgiving that I had subscription fees that were posting over the holiday weekend. They were on my budget as expense items, but I still needed to reconcile my bank account to see if they had posted correctly. Not […]

What Nearly Getting Crushed By A Light Pole Teaches Us About Investing

I don’t know if I can call what happened to me last Friday morning a “near death experience”, but it was attention getting.. Every morning, I go by a Panera about 6 blocks from my house to get coffee. While I’m in the car, I start to organize my thoughts for the day: what am […]

What The Greek Debt Crisis Can Teach Us About Personal Finances

Having a large amount of personal debt can be frustrating. Like any big problem, it can be difficult to visualize a process for getting out of debt. The Greek debt crisis serves as a cautionary tale about debt. We can all learn from the mistakes made by Greece.

What Oscar Wilde Can Teach Us About Saving and Investing

Comparing yourself to other people can create a lot of anxiety. These comparisons can apply to any area of live: Career, marriage, hobbies, fitness. This process can become a vicious cycle: We compare ourselves to other people, we don’t think we measure up- and then we stop trying altogether.