I’m going t be upgrading this site and I don’t know what I’m doing… so wish me luck
Bank of America, and Discover have once again arbitrarily raised the rates on their credit cards; others are expected to follow suit as they scramble for money in spite of tax payer bail outs.
I’m not against the bail out exactly. I think Obama is doing the best he can in a horrid situation with a [...]
If you’re a U.S. citizen or living and earning here, I hope you know your federal income taxes are due (gasp) tomorrow at midnight. Here are some sites that may help:
Tax Tips for 2009 - by the IRS itself - tips on various subjects dealing with taxes.
I’m Late, I’m Late, I’m Late! - A great [...]
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I don’t think of Easter as being a big gift giving holiday, but it’s obvious retailers are trying to make it one. I was startled yesterday at how many gifts my local big name drugstore was more or less shoving in my face yesterday.
It’s tempting, when you’re in debt, to think maybe you shouldn’t give [...]
These are just some of the things I hated about being vague about money:
I felt I had to sneak up to the automatic teller and I was actually afraid to go inside the bank. Sure, sometimes I had to, but I hated it.
I never was sure of any given check would clear.
No matter how much [...]
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Last August I wrote:
Most of the folks I know who are involved in letting go of unsecured debt and under earning also report they have issues with clutter. That is, they report that, like me, paper tends to pile up until it falls over, stuff collects in the car until it’s too embarrassing to take [...]
I wrote this a back in 2006!
Okay okay! The whole truth is keeping my numbers isn’t something I always do very elegantly. It’s a developing practice. And yes, I do try to include logging in my receipts as part of my daily meditation, but…
The truth is I’d gotten way way behind… this has happened before [...]
I don’t know about you, but the paperwork surrounding money sometimes drives me absolutely nuts. There are times when getting the rent check actually written and mailed is a chore. Here’s how it worked today:
I noticed I had put pay the rent on my calendar for today.
After I posted jobs on AboutFreelanceWriting I decided it [...]
The only way to get out of vagueness around money is to keep track of everything that comes in and everything that goes out. If you want realy clarity that means you’ll develop a way to track every single penny. It’s worth figuring out how to do it. Here’s how I keep track:
Every day I [...]
Before I cleaned up my money act, the mail used to scare me half to death. I could recognize a bill or a collection notice at 100 paces. I knew what color the ulitilty bill would be just before they turned me off.
One of the signs of my increasing health around money is not only [...]