I read a lot of books: books about finance, investing, frugality and thrift, money management, the psychology of money, you name it. If it involves making, saving, or understanding money, I’m in. Often when I read a book, I start out by thinking, “yup, I knew that already”. Or, “yes, of course [...]
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I just finished reading the book Green with Envy: A Whole New Way to Look at Financial (Un)Happiness and want to share some thoughts about it. First I should say that I am fascinated by the psychology of money and what makes people spend vs. save, and the concept of “keeping up with [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
