For the first time ever, a company that my wife or I worked for offered flexible spending accounts (FSA). We were given two accounts to enroll in: Dependent Day Care FSA nad Health Care FSA. I will be looking into each of these in more detail. Today, let’s focus on: Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending […]
As I sit here thinking about my plans and goals for full time blogging (and at the same thing pinching myself to see if it’s all real), I realized that all this was only possible because of my parents. Sure, I was able to quit my job because I established an emergency fund, knew my […]
Once in a while in personal finance literature, we will come across an article about the advantages of saving money. The phrase “a dollar saved is two dollars earned” or something similar often comes up since it’s so catchy. After all, the savings are after taxes, and it’s always about how much you can keep […]
My colleague has been using Google Alerts for a long time to get company related news from around the web. This neat little utility checks the web for any new articles that Google finds on search terms she provides. For example, she can put in a search term for “MoneyNing”, and Google Alerts will send her […]
Once in a while, we read an article that asks us to sell what we don’t need. The benefits are obvious because we can get some cash for the items that are otherwise sitting in our house and taking up space. While this is great advice, perhaps an even better one is for us to stop buying […]
Lately, I have a hard time figuring out what to spend money on. It’s a strange feeling because my urge to buy something hasn’t gone away yet I can’t think of something to buy when I want to. I know I end up being able to keep my money in my bank account which is […]
