Getting a new job offer is a very exciting time, but an offer is really just the beginning of what can be tedious and long negotiations. Many new job seekers can get so carried away in the excitement of landing a new job that they completely forget to take a careful look at the offer. […]
Found yourself in a position with more income? These tips will help you curb lifestyle inflation wisely.
We’ve all heard the saying “money can’t buy happiness.” While most of us would agree that contentment isn’t tied to how much money or stuff we have, a recent study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified an exception to this principle: when money buys us time. After surveying 6,000 participants in […]
Have you ever seen people who have financial freedom and thought to yourself, “I want to be able to live like that, too”? For most of us, the mental picture of financial freedom looks like someone who spends what they want when they want to, without concern about whether they will be able to afford it. While […]
As I’m walking around my home I can tell it’s early summertime. Between the natural deposits from the muddy shoes of a Midwest spring, having over a hundred people walking through my home for a party over Memorial Day weekend, and just life with two teenagers, and two cats, there are many visible spots in […]
It was a bone chilling winter day in Minnesota with the forecasted high temperature struggling to rise above zero. The air seemed chilly in the house, so I bumped the thermostat up a few degrees as I walked down the hallway. About an hour later, my home still seemed cold. Checking the thermostat again, I […]
