For the month of September, I emulated a financial plan for retiring early and put 50% of my disposable income into savings. After rent, utilities, and all my other fixed costs for the month, I was left with roughly $140 per week to spend on food and entertainment. While that’s certainly more than enough money to live comfortably
Q. I live in a quiet neighborhood, zoned for single-family residential homes, near the downtown of a city popular with tourists from all over the world. The house next to mine sold recently, and the new owner seems to be renting it out by the night and weekend through an online lodging service. Some of
…because my loyalty does have limits. You failed them again. Be honest – face the facts! You worked hard for years to build a loyal customer base and now look at you. Your customers are leaving in droves. What happened? Sales are down, bills now pile up. Employee morale is low and coming to work
“How late it is to begin to live just when we must cease to live. What foolish forgetfulness of mortality to postpone wholesome plans to the fiftieth and sixtieth year, and to intend to begin life at a point to which few have attained!” -Seneca In November of 2013, I lost my job. I was
Like many people who suddenly realize how bad their financial situation is, we dove hard into frugality during the first few months of our financial turnaround. It makes sense, really. Frugality is the best personal finance tactic there is for seeing immediate results. If you choose not to spend – or you choose to spend
One of the easiest personal finance tips out there is to simply stop wanting more stuff. It’s simple, but it’s true – if you had an easy way to basically eliminate your desire to acquire anything new aside from things to cover your barest needs, personal finance would become incredibly easy. Sadly, humans don’t work