You know the old career advice to “do what you love”? A lovely sentiment, no? There’s even a book devoted to the topic. But in reality, unless you are one of the fortunate few who happens to love say, litigation or rocket science or brain surgery, you may be out of [...]
Everything in life is a trade-off. We may buy a smaller home so that we can afford to send our children to private school. Or perhaps we keep an older car to be able travel more. Retirement planning is really no different, it just has a longer lead-time.
As I’ve talked about before, [...]
Since I wrote about my use of Quicken, I’ve received questions from several readers about other options for personal finance and budgeting. Since I’ve only used Quicken (and for many years), I was hoping some of you could comment on what other programs you’ve used and your likes/dislikes. Do you use Wesabe, Microsoft [...]
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Over the weekend I read The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth and thought I’d take a few minutes to share my thoughts on it. First off, it is a small book and a very quick read. I am a slow reader and even I finished it in well under 2 [...]
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I admit it. I love Quicken. But it wasn’t always this way. I was dragged, kicking and screaming, into the world of personal finance software about 10 years ago. I didn’t really want to try it, but was shamed into it. It’s not that I didn’t want to track [...]
