I thought I would take a break from alienating readers with posts about politics, and instead talk about sheep. Yes, sheep. Yes, I mean you. And me. And the average American consumer. We are all sheep. This is an entry in the $ave Money Series. Click here to see a page with all of them […]
$ave Money: Used Diapers
This is the first in the $ave Money Series (click the link to go to page that has all that are written over time). I have several planned, each of which will cover ways I’ve saved some ca$hmoney without a great deal of effort (or ways I’ve heard of others doing so; also feel free […]
Hurricanes in H-Town, Eid, and Sacrifice
Today is the perfect day to announce the charitable mission of this blog. If the blog survived a few months and generated some revenue, I wanted to donate a portion of the money to charity (partially inspired by the incredible blogger/doctor, PhysicianOnFire). So 10% of all blog revenue will be donated to charity. Not 10% of […]
Pay More, Save More — Being The Boss
This is a guest post from Anjali Jariwala, a certified financial planner (CFP), certified public accountant (CPA), and founder of FIT Advisors. She provides an overview of some of the important tax and savings consequences of being an employee vs. being self-employed. Anjali is a site sponsor, but this is not a paid post. […]
Why We Don’t Have Nice Things
Turning a New Home into a Fixer Upper We had been in the new home for one week before Rogue Two took a hammer to the wall. He calls himself a “worker,” (as in construction worker), and he enjoys “fixing” things around the house. The afternoon I heard him banging, I realized the tenor of […]
Personal Finance Study — Written up by WCI
Introduction A scholarly work of mine, something from my day job, was featured today by Jim Dahle, who blogs/podcasts/runs an empire at The White Coat Investor, so if you made it to this blog from there, welcome! This is a survey I conducted of residents and fellows at two universities to understand their personal financial […]