Tag: how to save money
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What I Like About You
Tired of hearing about what you’re doing wrong with your finances? You need to focus on what your doing right; that’s what I like about you.
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The Only Thing You Need to Know:
How do people accumulate millions, billions, gazillions of dollars? In many different ways: they inherit, they win, they gamble, they take out life insurance policies and hire hit men (JOKE). But for the most part, “rich” people become rich by saving and investing. Here is the easiest thing I know about saving.
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Boredom & Spending
As the old saying goes: Familiarity breeds contempt (of people). There is, however, a lesser known variation of this famous phrase (lesser known because I just made it up, feel free to spread it around): Familiarity breeds boredom (of stuff). Boredom can have many negative side effects: dizziness, weight gain, whining, grumpiness, and, perhaps most…
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Why Diets Fail & Saving is Difficult
On nearly every New Year’s resolution list out there you’ll find some variation of “lose weight” and “save money.” Do you see a problem with either of these goals? Clearly there is one, because so frequently people fail to achieve them.
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Are You Following a Frugal Trend or are You Gonna Stick Around?
Recessions are likely to motivate the masses to adopt more frugal lifestyles, but I wonder just how many of them are going to stick around. Even more, I wonder if it’s best for the economy that they don’t.
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Cost Per Use
Is going cheap always right? No. Does more expensive always mean more reliable? No. The correct choice is based on a little figure called cost per unit.