Does anyone else watch Happy Endings? This is the Year of Mel. You can read about how it’s going to happen over at Fit is the New Poor. The thing about New Year’s is that I don’t really trust it. It’s one of those times when I get all maudlin about what I haven’t accomplished…
Profile I am twenty-nine years old. I work as an assistant production manager and my yearly salary is $52,000. I am about to acquire a ton of bills for the first time in my life when I move into my own apartment in January, so I suppose I better brush up on my budgeting skills.…
Profile I am twenty-nine years old. I work as an associate production manager and my yearly salary is $38,000. I live on a train most of the year and stay with my parents for free during my vacations, so I have no rent or utilities to pay other than a $50 a month internet fee…
Profile I am twenty-nine years old. I work as an associate production manager and my yearly salary is $38,000. I live on a train most of the year and stay with my parents for free during my vacations, so I have no rent or utilities to pay other than a $50 a month internet fee…
Now that we have a snapshot of our current financial picture and a grasp on our financial goals, it’s time to get down to the nitty gritty of financial organization – the monthly budget. To start your monthly budget, enter in your current checking account balance at the top of the month, your income, your…
I recently came across an awesome website called Consumerism Commentary. It was started by a guy named Luke where he essentially just kept logging his net worth as an accountability tool. After several years, it gained popularity and now he has several other people doing the same thing and several professionals who provide commentary on…
I am awful at budgeting. Seriously awful. Mostly because I’ve been pretty lucky to not have to worry too much about money most of my life, I sort of just have an idea of what’s happening in my checking account and try to keep my expenditures under that. Once in a while I fail and…
I really like Kiplinger magazine. A lot of stuff in there goes right over my head. But plenty doesn’t. And over the course of my now two years subscription, a little less goes over my head than it used to. I figured that since my last update was definitely about what NOT to do, this…
I haven’t actually forgotten about this blog, the reason I haven’t posted actually goes back to the premise under which I started this blog. It’s that I have no idea what I’m doing and would love, love, love to not spend my retirement under a bridge, in a cardboard box, eating hobo beans. I tried…