The carnivals are up: Personal Finance, Debt Reduction, and Capitalists I’ve only had time to read the Carnival of Personal Finance so far, but these are my top three picks: Being Poor, Redux Commissions Still High Actuaries Miss, Too…
Read More >>I know I’ve said it before, but I’m worried about the housing market in the US, and consequently the economy. For all the reasons I outlined before (people borrowing beyond their means, the tougher new bankruptcy law, and the increase of minimum payments on credit cards), I’m nervous. I’m not the only one. Here are [...]
Read More >>I’ve posted before on the benefits of meal planning and I hope that you’ve found the value in it. Here’s a simple, quick tool to help the process along: a list of your family’s favorite meals. Yeah, it’s kind of obvious and I felt silly for not coming up with it earlier, but a comprehensive [...]
Read More >>Obviously, one way to keep costs down when you’re dieting is to avoid buying special dieting foods. They’re almost always priced higher, and sometimes the convenience might be worth it to you, but with a little consideration, you can get better quality, lower cost food that will help you in your dieting adventure. This (somewhat [...]
Read More >>Nicole over at The Budgeting Babe has a great post full of Halloween Ideas. The post is a list of possible costumes, with descriptions and instructions, and she cleverly has a section for singles and a section for couples. Many of them are hilarious. I think my favorite was “A One Night Stand” for the [...]
Read More >>Most experts/studies/advice-givers agree that methodically keeping track of the things you eat greatly increases your chances of dieting success. Familydoctor.org sums up the reason nicely: “Awareness is an important part of making lasting changes for healthy living. Keeping a journal is a good way to become aware of what you eat, what you do, how [...]
Read More >>It seems like every week a new study is released, finally revealing the “secret of dieting.” Perhaps this is because we’re obsessed with minutia, like Ramit says. Probably it’s because eating extra tomatoes (or whatever the current “secret” is) sounds easier than eating less food and exercising more. Everybody loves a quick fix. The only [...]
Read More >>Kind of a quiet week for the carnival, but I think you’ll enjoy reading the submissions. At the forefront of at least a few minds is the new bankruptcy law that goes into effect today. Jim is cautiously optimistic about the law, as he reports in his post “Bankruptcy Law (S.256) In Effect“. He also [...]
Read More >>Recently I discussed how brand buy-in can cost money. Last night, the cost of pattern-matching was driven home to one of my friends in a painful—and expensive—way. Let me explain. Around here, many of the intersections have left turn lanes on two or four of the connecting streets. Typically, the left turn arrows turn green [...]
Read More >>One of my friends recently discovered the joys of using a Flexible Spending Account, and suggested I write a post on it. The topic of tax-free medical accounts, which includes both FSAs and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), is a huge one, and definitely beyond the scope of a single post (and my knowledge!); instead of [...]
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