April 19th, 2010
I have more great ideas for projects than I ever possibly have time to complete.
I have a 2004 Santa Fe which is getting to be too small for my family. We have three kids now and plan to make it 4 and 5 in the coming years. (Though not within a year or so for the next one.)
It ...
March 17th, 2010
Every single one of us has some sort of big project hanging out there in our lives. We’d love to accomplish it, but it seems so big and the free space in our life seems so small.
Spend a monent and think about what your big goal is. It could be something as down-to-earth as a major home repair. ...
March 11th, 2010

April 15 looms on the horizon. There may be any number of reasons that you are not prepared to file a tax return, from not having your dividend statements back, to waiting to get a home buyer tax credit, to straightforward procrastination. No matter your reasons, you can actually file for an extension. Any taxpayer is eligible to get a ...
January 26th, 2010

On January 18th of this year, I finally decided I was ready to make some New Year’s resolutions. I’ve never really done the resolution thing in the past, and so I wasn’t compelled to do it come December 31 or January 1. But I recognize that goals are good — and so I came up with some. If you’re already ...
January 12th, 2010
“But starting a freelance business is too risky!” and other reasons people don’t earn more money
22 comments — written on January 11th, 2010
Today, you’ll learn about the barriers we create to prevent ourselves from earning money.
Why cover barriers? Why not get right to the tactics? (We will cover them later this week.)
Because most people never get started at all, so ...
January 10th, 2010
Many newer readers of The Simple Dollar haven’t been exposed to the hundreds of great articles in the archives of the site, so this is a weekly series that highlights the five best posts from one year ago this week, two years ago this week, and three years ago this week. I call it … the Time Machine.
One Year Ago ...
December 24th, 2009
We saved about $9,000 in our savings account for various different projects and emergency fund money. Success!
I built my IRA back up to it’s original amount after losing about half of it in 2008. Success!
We paid off about $6,000 in debt. That’s a failure for us, we had wanted to do about $10k to $15k.
Didn’t max out
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November 27th, 2009
Over the last few months, I’ve given a small pile of presentations related to The Simple Dollar, my upcoming book, and other topics. Along the way, I’ve learned several things about what constitutes a good presentation and what constitutes a failure. Here are the seven key things I’ve learned, which you can take away to make your own ...