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Being Prepared for Emergencies is Sexy!

August 10, 2011

(Guest Post by Joseph) There are approximately 31 million American’s without a job right now. There are probably at least that many people who have taken a pay cut or a reduction in benefits which served to lower their overall cash flow. Times are tough right now; I don’t need to tell anyone that (except [...]

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The (Crazy Simple) “Bucket” Budget

June 29, 2011

I came across this SUPER simple budget the other day in Money Mag, and I’m not gonna lie – it’s kinda sexy! Especially if you’re just starting out and looking for a beginner’s budget. I haven’t seen a system this simple in quite some time, or at least one I thought was good enough to [...]

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Un-Automating Stuff Can Help Too

April 20, 2011

Yesterday’s post on quarterly taxes was pretty cool. Not because I wrote it and it felt good to get it out (it did!), but ‘cuz of the discussions and ideas going on in the comments. I know I say it all the time, but that’s my fave part about blogging! Especially when it generates future [...]

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Tip #397: Hide your money from yourself

October 1, 2010

This is a tip that I never really thought worked, but starting to realize its benefits. I first read about it in my boy Alan Corey’s book , A Million Bucks by 30, and for whatever reason it was the one main thing that stuck in my mind :)  That, and realizing I’d never hit [...]

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Increase Your Savings w/ Every Raise You Get

June 14, 2010

Lifestyle Inflation’s a bitch. There, I said it.  The old me could have cared less about this stuff, but not anymore!  You give me a raise or a bonus or $hit, a $20 birthday bill and you better believe a good portion of it’s going into my savings :) I’m sure I’ve talked about this [...]

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Want to Become a Millionaire? Save $5 a Day.

March 30, 2010

That’s right folks, all it takes is saving $5 a day to hit Millionaire status! You just have to stay on top of it for 40 years straight ;) Better get started! Haha… Seriously though, it really is that easy. $5/day = $150/mo = $1,800/year. Multiply that by 40 years @ 10% compounded interest (within [...]

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Automation and Forgetting to Brush My Teeth.

August 20, 2009

I forgot to brush my teeth today, can you believe that? It’s something I do twice a day going on 25+ years now, and yet this morning I forget to brush them. I couldn’t tell you why either, all I know is that it sucks. In fact, it makes me wonder how many other times [...]

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Look At Bill, Pay The Bill, Forget About Bill.

May 28, 2009

Bills as in “the accounts you owe”, not the Clintons or O’Reillys ;) (Although, some would prefer to forget about them as well, but that’s a whole other topic) Today, I share with you my 3 super fantastic steps to managing those pesky bills of yours. Or at least the way I prefer to handle [...]

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I want to be an Automatic Millionaire!

April 10, 2008

BOOK: The Automatic Millionaire AUTHOR: David Bach SEXINESS: To the max! The fastest book i’ve ever read! And this is super impressive as a) i’m a sloooooooow reader, and b) it wasn’t even a fiction book! haha… of course, i did just come back from a 4 hours plane trip :) But still, there was [...]

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