My Life List

August 18, 2010

Earlier this week, J Money at Budgets are Sexy posted what he called his “Life List“.  It simply included things that he  would like to do if he had a bunch of spare cash laying around.  I thought this was a good idea, and I’ve decided that  I’d get one created as well.  ( I [...]

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What Does Retirement Mean to Me?

August 16, 2010
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After seeing thoughts on this bounce around many of my favorite blogs including Get Rich Slowly, Frugal Dad and Girl with the Red Balloon on retirement, I figured I should contribute.  While I am just starting out in my career, I understand the importance of saving early for retirement and not running out of cash [...]

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I Joined the Gym

August 13, 2010
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Like the title says, I’ve finally joined the gym.   After making it a New Years goal and telling myself that I would join the first week in july, I’ve found the time 6 weeks later.  Looking back, it was probably best to wait until now (here come the excuses!).  I was volunteering for a [...]

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Weekly Links – I’m Baaack Edition

August 12, 2010
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Hello everyone.  Hopefully you didnt miss me too much recently, as I’ve been fairly hands off of the blog for the better part of a month.  Now that i’m no longer working 20+ hour days at a volunteer gig or unwinding from said volunteer gig in Atlanta, GA, hopefully there will be more going on [...]

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Go to College?

August 9, 2010
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Is going to college the right decision these days? With student graduating with crushing debt levels and the economy swirling the bowl, should you go to college or move to Belize and sell coconuts and hot dogs on the beach?

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Getting Your Swagger Back

August 6, 2010
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So, you’ve finally made it to that point.  You’ve gotten sick and tired of making the minimum payments on your debt and not getting ahead.  It’s time to be free if debt, you tell yourself.  It’s time to pay it back.  Pay it ALL back.  You want to get rid of the student loans, the [...]

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Thursday Money Check-Up

August 5, 2010

I swiped this from My Pretty Pennies (who has an awesome blog, btw) and thought the Monday Money Check-Up was a good idea.  I dont know if I’ll do it every week, but I figured this would be something interesting to do every once in a while.  (Also, in a more real note, I allocated [...]

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Do You Wait Well?

August 4, 2010
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Personal Finance and Personal Health are similar in a few ways, but one of the most important ways (in my mind) is your patience level, or how well you wait. While this is true for a lot of things, I’ve come to believe that this is one of the reasons why people don’t change their personal finance [...]

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July 2010 Monthly Review

August 2, 2010

This is my spending for the month of July.  Due to my volunteering, I was able to save quite a bit of money on food (they fed me almost every meal I ate for 1.5 weeks) on that category, but apparently to make it up to myself, I gave up those saving elsewhere.  Still came [...]

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Contest Winner!

July 29, 2010

Well, After a week my contest for the book Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict has ended.  I didnt get as much interest in the contest as I thought I would.  Oh well, if no one wants a free copy of the book, thats fine with me.  Better odds for the two of you that [...]

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