What I Learned From Working at a Bank

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My boss has asked me in my last two performance appraisals what I enjoy about my job and each time, I say that having this job will make me 10 times wealthier ...

Best Money Tips: Anatomy of a Coupon

Best Money Tips roundup. Today, we share the anatomy of a coupon, how to clean your work laptop before you leave your job, and how to pick the very best airplane seat!

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Ask the Readers: If You Could Have One Wish (Chance to win $20!)

I often get emails from readers who tell me about their financial situations. Some are challenging, while others are heartbreaking. I have a hard time knowing what to say, and more often ...

How to Budget in Less than 20 Minutes a Week

One of the most common misconceptions about budgeting is that is takes a l-o-n-g time.  Most people who do not learn how to make a budget do so because they believe they don’t have the time to budget. But, if your budget is doing its job you should be able to budget without a major disruption to your schedule.

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Your Income Is Your Greatest Wealth Building Asset

For those of us who like to read (and write) information on personal finance subjects, we spend energy on a wide range of wealth building strategies.  Too often we ignore the concept of making money because we feel it’s something outside our control.  After all, our employer pays us, we don’t pay ourselves, right?  The reality is that your income ...

Getting Things Done: The Power of the Collection Habit

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This is the eleventh entry in a fourteen part series discussing the time management classic Getting Things Done by David Allen. New entries in this series will appear on Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings through July 16.

Allen concludes the book with three short chapters discussing the power of various aspects of the GTD system. This first one focuses ...

The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Very Short Hair Edition

I’ve officially decided to start clippering my hair very short – and doing it at home. I used to do this in college, but since then I’ve had my hair somewhat longer. Does anyone out there have a recommendation as to hair clippers for home use that are economical and foolproof?

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When The Bough Breaks: Planning for Unemployment

Yesterday I received the news that so many others have heard, my job will be coming to an end. Luckily, my boss was very kind, and has alerted me three months in advance with the hopes that I will be able to find something else. At this moment I’m hoping it will give me the opportunity to get my business ...

Dealing with the Avalanche

As I mentioned in the mailbag this morning, my father had emergency surgery due to a massive infection brought about by a dirty fish hook that got embedded in his arm. He’s going to be in the hospital for another day or two.

We have a house full of people coming to visit us this weekend – we have to ...

The Simple Dollar Time Machine: June 5, 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.

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