The Simple Dollar Time Machine: January 9, 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 (January 3 – January 9, 2009)
Seven Huge Financial Mistakes I Made During My College Career This was basically a letter to several members of my family who were about to enter college.
Frugality and Binge Buying The real key is honesty with yourself. Admitting that you made a mistake and striving to figure out why you made it – and how to fix it – is how to turn a failure into a success.
A Mother’s Gifts Here are some reflections on the lessons that my mother taught me as I was growing up (and as an adult, too).
Debt Reduction and Debt Elimination Programs: What’s the Catch? Often, they’re just selling you information that you can already get for free on sites like The Simple Dollar.
When Your Financial State Improves, Do Your Frugal Standards Change? All of life’s choices aren’t based on maximizing the bottom dollar. There are a lot of factors in our lives that help us to make the choices we do.
Two Years Ago (January 3 – January 9, 2008)
When Is Frugality Stealing? This was one of my favorite discussions ever on The Simple Dollar.
How Much Frugality Is Too Much Frugality? When does being frugal cross the line into being cheap? For me, it’s in interactions with other people. I don’t mind drinking tap water as my primary beverage, but I would consider it rude (and cheapskate-ish) to offer nothing but tap water to guests in my home.
The Value of Cultural Literacy Being culturally literate has a lot of cash value. It makes conversation substantially easier, and conversation leads to the building of relationships which can in turn help you out substantially when it comes to doing home repairs, finding a job, and countless other things.
Practicing What You Preach: Should A Personal Financial Writer Be Expected To Follow Their Own Message? I think that’s a tricky question, and it was echoed for me later on when I discussed my purchase of a Prius for many of the reasons mentioned in this article.
What Color Is Your Parachute? The Flower Diagram I consider this to be an invaluable job evaluation tool. In fact, I wound up using it myself as part of my decision-making process to leave my former career and jump into writing.
Three Years Ago (January 3 – January 9, 2007)
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