Having spent most of my adult life in a pattern of underearning, I wish it was a topic that more people talked and wrote about because it's a soul crushing state to be in with a relatively easy solution. When you think you don't need much money to get by - guess what? You won't earn ...
Monthly Archives: September 2010
The auction alternative
I have to admit that I have a love / hate relationship going on with auctions They make me nervous. Will I stick up my hand at the right time? Will I get caught up in the frenzy of bidding and pay more than I meant to? Will there be a ...
The balanced budget projection – October
There's been a few great articles around the web in the last few days on frugality burnout and the importance of establishing balance. Here's a few that really spoke to me: Does making do wear you down? by Forest at Frugal Zeitgeist - great comments on money hoarding. Because let's face it, ...
A $2,000 purse is an “investment”?!?
Chatting about my personal love - purses - someone at work today mentioned that they believed that a purse worth $2,000 was an investment. Here's a few definitions of the term investment: 1. In finance, the purchase of a financial product or other item of value with an expectation of favorable future returns. In general ...
Poverty of Time
Is there any happy medium where you have enough money and enough time? Ideally at the same time? Most people who wind up unemployed have lots of time, but because they don't get enough money from employment insurance or have funds saved up, or are worried about when (or IF, these days) ...
Your Money or Your Life up to 2007
Another old journal is biting the dust in the fireplace! Here's the analysis of my total earnings and net worth up to 2007:Lifetime Earnings (estimated):1983 - 5,000 - graduated into a recession economy1984 - 10,0001985 - 40,000 - loads of OT and working 2 jobs1986 - 40,000
Tis the season to…
Only a few more days until the end of summer here and it's time to think about getting ready for fall. Some end of season things that you might look at stocking up on at great prices:After-bite - the little guy got a bee sting on our trip and we didn't have this on ...
