Tag: how to manage money
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Tools for Teaching Kids About Money
I don’t remember how to play piano (short attention span). Those tennis lessons sure didn’t stick (minimal upper-body strength). But I’ve sure found some of the lessons my parents taught me about money management invaluable (but if I had to tag a number on it, I’d say around $1 billion). Here are some ideas for…
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I Get Less Done When I Have Nothing to Do
The law of inertia states that a body in motion will tend to remain in motion and that a body at rest will tend to remain sitting on her butt, reading cheesy romance novels. That’s just science.
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Who’s Keeping Track?
In school your teachers assigned you grades. At work the boss man monitors your output. Tell me, who’s tracking your financial performance?
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Hubs Let’s Me Handle The Money
It occurred to me today that I’ve never really talked about how Husband and I manage our finances. It’s really the thing to do in the personal finance blogging world, because, after all, who wants to read financial advice from a lady who can’t even balance a checkbook. Yes, I could straight up lie to…
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The Big Deal About Debt
Have you ever taken money from a loan shark where you put a pound of your own flesh up as collateral so that your BFF could woo his lady fair (see the plot for the Merchant of Venice)? The girl in me is thinking, “oh my, how romantic,” the rational human being in me is…
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Pop Quiz
How much does the average American family spend during the holiday season? Do people who co-sign for loans usually end up footing the bill? Think you know the answers? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t.