Ask anyone what the important rules of money are, and likely they’ll be able to give you several maxims that at least sound like they are good advice. Unfortunately, many people are walking around following rules that really don’t apply anymore — if they ever did. The subject of personal finance seems to attract old [...]
Is a sense of entitlement holding back your finances? We all operate from an entitlement perspective at times when we believe we deserve a special purchase or have the right to spend our money how we see fit. And you do deserve to reward yourself for working hard, but what happens when those rewards get [...]
Knowing why you spend is as important as knowing what you spend when it comes to developing healthy financial habits. If you’ve ever heard of the Love Languages, you might be interested to know that people have assort of financial love language as well. Each of the six financial love languages reflects the psychology behind [...]
A few years back, I tweeted about participating in a no-spend challenge. To my surprise, the owner of a coffee-shop in my area sent a tweet back berating me for encouraging others to do something that would hurt local businesses. While I firmly believe the shop owner was out of line it also illustrated how [...]
We’ve all heard that “money can’t buy happiness,” and by now many of us are aware of a recent study that showed that, when you earn more than $75,000 a year your levels of happiness don’t increase very much. While you probably won’t find lasting happiness based entirely on how much money you manage to [...]
I placed 2nd in a golf tournament and I received the trophy today. I was so excited because I never won anything other than getting certificates and ribbons before so it made me really happy to say the least. My credit card balance, my next paycheck, the stock market tumbling all didn’t matter seem to [...]
