Tenets of Sustainability: Sustainability can be Cheap

April 11, 2012

A lot of the time that I’m thinking about sustainability, the cost is one of the first things that come into mind.  There are a lot of great sustainable things out there, but some of them cost a whole boatload of money.  Some of these expensive things will have a pay back period (time it [...]

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4 Sustainability Bloggers You Need to Check Out

April 9, 2012

Simon and Marielle Simon and Marielle blog at Sustainable Personal Finance under the aliases Mr and Mrs SPF.  They burst onto the scene with a hugely popular series (365 Green Tips).  They chronicle their journey of trying to balance their strong environmental ethics with their pocketbooks and responsibility they feel towards the rest of the [...]

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Shopping for a Mortgage

April 6, 2012

Like I’ve said before, H and I bought a house (we have not closed yet, though).  Needless to say, it was quite the process, and we didnt really know where to start and didnt anticipate all of the things that we would have to do.  As I mentioned, this will delay my debt free date, [...]

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Weekly Links: Wait till next March Edition

April 5, 2012

Unfortunately, march madness is over and there will be nothing for me to do until next October when college basketball season starts.  All that’s left now is pouring over the recruiting and trying to figure out how my alma matter will hang on to its coach if they have another successful season.  In other news, I got second in [...]

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Aspirational Purchases

April 4, 2012

Tenets of Sustainability will be back next week.  The other day, H and I were having dinner with some friends when the talk turned to our race training.  They asked how it was going, and H mentioned that she had got some new running shoes, as her old ones were falling apart.  She also mentioned [...]

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March 2012 Monthly Review

April 2, 2012

Debt: This used to be all the debt I have left to pay, but since H and I recently bought a house, this number will obviously increase, though I wont know the exact number until later.  Unfortunately, it added quite a bit to my debt total.  I was hoping to be debt free for like, [...]

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Get your finances in order with this savings calculator

April 1, 2012

If you’re working but not saving – it’s time to get your finances in order!  You dont want to find yourself needing a bit of cash and not having any (Believe me, I know what it’s like – it makes life very uncomfortable!)  Getting organized can make all the difference, and it doesnt take lifting [...]

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3 Month Goal Review

March 30, 2012

Well, march is just about over (as of this writing) and it’s time to look at how I fared on my goal progress for the first quarter of 2012.  If you’re curious about what my goals were, you can see them here (as well as past years).  I’ll write them below and provide a brief [...]

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Weekly Links: Paperwork Edition

March 29, 2012

Since H and I started the home purchasing process, it feels like it has been nothing but paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork!  Contracts, inspections, mortgage disclosures, and everything else you can possibly think of, constantly showing up and asking for attention (when I want to put it in the shredder).  I guess this is the [...]

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Tenets of Sustainability: Consider the Ripples

March 28, 2012

Even though it does not seem like it at the time, there are repercussions to every single decision that you have to make, no matter how small.  I call these ripples – it’s like when you throw a stone into an unmoving body of water and it creates ripples that typically make it to the [...]

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