Showing posts with label Mind Over Money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mind Over Money. Show all posts
Friday, April 22, 2016

Keeping Up With the Joneses - Part I

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So, for the past few years, probably five or so, more and more of my friends and peers, and even people who report up to me at work (so, I...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

End of the Year Updates

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Well it is December 1, 2015 and I still never got my 2015 savings/debt killing Excel spreadsheet chart from Mr. Sam.  It has been that kind ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Updates on Debt

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I've recently, as of today, updated our networth debt numbers .  One of our goals for 2015 was to get our total debt load under $500,000...
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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Aspirational Housing

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Great article by author Michael Lewis of The Blind Side fame regarding the perils of expensive housing.  Even a very rich man like Michael...
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Friday, March 14, 2014

Drum Roll - New Goal

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CNN.com reports  that the number of millionaires has hit a new high.   Which got me thinking, because this survey of millionaires excludes t...
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Monday, March 10, 2014

Royal Screw Up

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So, I have a pretty good system set up for our personal finances.  I have a system for paying bills and for our savings that works off of ou...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

2014 Savings Goals - First Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $1,346    (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $2,825    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to e/r fund -   ...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

New Years Resolutions

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I am a big fan of new years resolutions, goal planning, goal tracking, etc.  I've started to put together my list of resolutions for 201...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

2013 Savings Goals - Final Report (Edited)

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $29,695 (85%)  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $11,000 (100%)  (goal is $11,000) completed (3)...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

2013 Savings Goals - 5 Down

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $28,327 (80%)  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $11,000 (100%)  (goal is $11,000) completed (3)...
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Monday, November 4, 2013

2013 Savings Goals - November Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $26,231 (75%)  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $11,000 (100%)  (goal is $11,000) completed (3)...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Investment Property Debt

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Hit a milestone this month with our investment property debt, at present we owe less than $300,000 on our investment properties.   Feels ...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Improvement Through Data - Fitness

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As someone who has improved their finances by utilizing data, I am a fan of tracking data.  For our personal finances, we use Quicken to tra...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

How Low Can You Limbo

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In addition to our primary home mortgage, we have three other mortgages on our investment properties.  In working on updating our  net worth...
Friday, August 2, 2013

It is Expensive to be Poor

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If you have never read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, I highly recommend it.  At this point, the book is probably a bit dated sinc...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Dreaming of Faraway Lands

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I've been dreaming about a 10 day or two week trip to a particular country for more than 10 years.  While we keep a "travel" s...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

When is a Sale Not a Sale?

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Earlier,  I wrote about the psychological impact of shopping without actually buying the product you are shopping for. Now comes news on s...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

2013 Goals - May Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $15,736 (45%)   (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $6,013 (55%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to ...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

2013 Goals - April Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $13,392 (38%)   (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $6,010 (55%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to ...
Friday, April 12, 2013

An Interesting Analysis of the Envelope System of Budgeting

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I enjoyed this interesting post from Slate  by Emily Oster on the  Dave Ramsey envelope budgeting system . While I am a big fan of Dave R...