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Review: Psych Yourself Rich

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Every Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book or other book of interest. A couple years ago, Farnoosh Torabi wrote You’re So Money, I book I succinctly described by saying “this book pitches personal finance advice for consumerism addicts.” Nevertheless, I concluded that the book did offer some very solid advice to the crowd that would not allow their Gucci handbags to be pried from their cold, dead hands. Torabi’s follow-up book takes a decidedly different tack on the arena of personal finance, moving on to the idea that your personal mindset has a good deal to do… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - November 7, 2010 at 5:20 pm

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Getting Real Value from Budgets

When I reached my financial bottom in April 2006, one of my first responses was to simply start reading a lot about personal finance. I checked out a pile of books from the library on personal finance and tackled a lot of different suggestions from those books, along with some of my own ideas that I came up with as I went along. One idea that was repeated over and over was how incredibly important and valuable having a budget was. I tried several different budgeting approaches and stuck with them for short periods, but the idea of a budget… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - August 25, 2010 at 5:20 pm

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Summer Meal Series #5: Chicken-Broccoli Crepes

This summer, I’m going to be posting a series of fifteen low-cost, tasty, and easy-to-prepare meals that are literally straight from my own kitchen. Hey, look, homemade crepes! OK, before we get going, it should be noted that this meal is pretty much as easy to prepare as you want it to be – and at almost every turn, we chose the more difficult route. Actually, to be more specific, Sarah chose the more difficult route. She did most of the preparation of this recipe and was the one that made most of the difficult choices. I’ll be using the… Read the whole article...

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - July 2, 2010 at 3:20 pm

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When Parental Money Lessons Backfire

As I’ve mentioned before, we give our children a small allowance each week. Our daughter, who is only two, puts all of her money into a single-slot piggy bank and is allowed to fully spend it as she chooses. Our son gets more money for his allowance (for now), but has a Money Savvy Pig, where he splits his allowance into four equal parts: money to freely spend, money to save for an item he wants, money for an annual charitable gift, and money for investing for the long term. The idea here, though, is that each of them has… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - March 2, 2010 at 2:20 am

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Seven Rational Things to Do When Financial Panic Hits

I originally included this email in the reader mailbag this morning, but my answer to Susan’s email (below) went on so long that I thought it warranted a post of its own. Yesterday my husband found out he has lost his job. We don’t know what to do. He was making $38,000 a year as an IT specialist. I make about $36,000 a year as a school teacher. We have about $10,000 in credit card debt spread across three cards and a $1,300 a month mortgage payment. We don’t have anything saved either other than some retirement account money. I… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - February 19, 2010 at 6:20 am

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New Car Buying Tips: How To Get The Best Deal On A New Car

Buying a new car is a big deal, especially when it is your first.  In 2002, when I was 17, my parents bought me a beat up black 1999 Grand Prix that I absolutely loved.  I put that puppy through a lot and it was passed down to both my younger brothers before making its way back to me.  This past summer, my beautiful baby died — about a year earlier than I hoped and left me stranded. I have no debt and despite the preaching of many to never by a new car, I felt it was the right… Read the whole article...

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - February 8, 2010 at 10:20 am

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Review: Snap Judgment

Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a book of interest. Over the last few years, I’ve come to believe that the biggest key to personal finance success is controlling your own psychology and impulses. Our entire lives are filled with quick decisions we must constantly make – and, for the most part, we’re good at it. We commute to work without getting in an accident. We make constant little decisions at work – and at home, too. We’re able to effectively take several pieces of information, combine them together, and make a pretty good choice based on the result… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 31, 2010 at 8:20 pm

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Review: One Year to an Organized Financial Life

Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book. The title of this book pretty much sums it up. One Year to an Organized Financial Life by Regina Leeds basically lays out a week-by-week plan for getting your financial house in order. The book is divided into twelve chapters (months), each containing four subsections (weeks in a month), and each of those sections details how to take control of a specific aspect of financial life. The end result is something that feels very much like a detailed plan to follow. Personally, such a plan gives me mixed feelings… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 25, 2010 at 8:20 am

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