It seems there’s been a lot of talk amongst some personal finance bloggers about their experiences with depression. They have shared their stories bravely and have offered their experiences as way to inspire and help others going through similar things. For myself, I struggle with depression and I know it’s played a big role in how I got myself into this kind of a financial
* The gracious host, Ms. Thrifty, of this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance has been kind of nice to feature my article in this edition’s fine selection of PF articles. Please head on over to check it out. Last week, I wrote a post about Visa’s #smallenfreuden campaign and some of the problems I saw with using your credit card for every day purchases. Some
Spending Update: This week’s entertainment budget looks large this but it’s including som extra purchases that I was reimbursed for: Under food and dining, I have $192 in spending. A hundred of that was for groceries for some cooking projects I had on the go this week. Other than that, entertainment and everything was on track over the past week. Life Under Construction Google-Fu and
In the Beginning, there was #Smallenfreuden Once upon a time – or about six months ago – there were ten rich, middle-aged, overweight white guys sitting in a posh board room on the eighty-second floor of a designer skyscraper in San Francisco. These were no ordinary rich, middle-aged, overweight white guys (RMAOWG), they were special. They were special because they had elite marketing powers and
Spending Update: June 3 – June 9 This week was a big one for spending in some ways: I signed up for Chris Guillebeau’s Empire Building Kit and Taynia’s Fiscal Flamingo financial program like I mentioned in an earlier post. These expenses showed up in this week’s spending since Paypal can take a couple days show up in my account. On the down side, I bought
By Phil S., part-time contributor and all-the-time husband As long as there have been video games, there have been people questioning their effect on the player and society. Did pong translate into mad tennis skills? Was Pacman an indictment of the Korean war? Is Grand Theft Auto giving our youth sound financial advice? Wait, what was that last one? Yes, hidden not so subtly throughout
I read an article in a magazine recently about ways to make travelling less stressful. This inspired me to think of fun and frugal ways to travel and I came up with these top ten tips! 1. Bring your phone or camera and download/take pictures of destinations that are on your itinerary – that way, if you’re in a foreign country and there’s a language
