Should We Set Money Goals at All? Pros and Cons

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One interesting debate in the personal productivity space centers around setting goals, and the effectiveness of the concept. How does this apply to setting money goals?

Planning for Second Year Child Costs

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We’re doing a bit of micro-planning this month to estimate second year child costs for little Evan. Here’s what we’ve come up with.

10 Ways to Screw Up Your First Child (Financially)

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There are lots of ways to completely screw the pooch when it comes to your kids, but here is my favorite list of the ten best. What’s yours?

Planning for Death Like Planning for Doomsday

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Planning for any “end date” is tricky business. What happens when it doesn’t come as planned? Here are a few suggestions.

Test it in Your Money Lab

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Ever wonder if a new and innovative money system would work in your situation? When it comes to money, you can pretty much test to your heart’s content. It takes a bit more work (you have to keep your existing system active), but it lets you evaluate and explore. I call this my “money lab.” [...]

Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Money

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If an elevator pitch makes sense for your blog or business, why not for your money? An elevator pitch is something typically taught to entrepreneur-types for the benefit of having others understand what they do. Could you simplify your financial goals and values to three or four sentences? It takes a great deal of focus [...]

5 Financial Items We Tend to Procrastinate

There are five things in personal finance that people always seem to procrastinate. There are a few major reasons for this. Are you guilty of avoiding these five?

Spending With an Impact

It’s all about frugality and priorities–how to spend money in a way that has the most impact on your life.

How to Deal With Future Income

Thinking about a recent stream of comments lately–all about future income. How do we deal with it?

How to Write a Great Financial Mission Statement

This is it–the one document that will guide your financial decisions for the rest of your life. Are you ready to write one?

How to Stay Frugal and Focused in a Recovery

Our wired-in tendencies are to start over-spending when the economy recovers. If you don’t want to be part of the trend, check out my set of tips for how to stay frugal & focused during an economic upturn.

The Path to Home Ownership

Looking at the various components of what you typically need to buy a home. Includes some case study material and commentary on how things have changed with the economy.