Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The GREAT Coupon Experiment – Week 1
The GREAT Coupon Experiment aims to solve a mystery as old as the Sunday insert itself: Is coupon cutting really a feasible way for people with lives and dogs and families to save money? My mother would say, “yes”; I would say, “I don’t know, that’s why I’m doing this experiment.”
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Lucky 13: Free Finance Friendly Apps
Back in the day people used to dream of a magical robot that would one day change their lives. It would be their constant companion, slave, life organizer, entertainer, watchdog, … lover? Well, welcome to the future people. It is called the smart phone! You know you can’t go anywhere or even function without your…
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Saving Money Myths
Cash savings are at an all-time low for most people and the rate of credit card debt is at an all-time high. Most individuals nowadays spend more money than they can afford because buying on credit has become so easy and convenient. People are drowning in debt and the idea of opening a savings account is not…
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Recent Financial Experiences – New Places to Save
Since May we’ve made a couple of big purchases and taken a couple of trips for which we’ve found some groovy new ways to save. Singularly the savings were pretty impressive, but all together, I look like a budgeting superhero.
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Oh, you’ll pay! Interest, that is.
Doesn’t it seem like the word ‘interest’, along with most of the good curse words, has lost most of its scariness? I’m not talking in terms of, “how interesting;” unless Hannibal Lecter is saying it, that’s not that scary. I’m talking in, “you’ll have to pay me back with interest,” kind of terms (Oooo, did…
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Money Carnivals
I’m pleased to be featured in the Festival of Frugality this week at Wealth Junkies. Read my article Your Credit Score – Know, Interpret, Improve, as well as some other rockin’ reads. Rockin’ reads? What is wrong with me?
Got any book recommendations?