OMG. OMFG. I am going to try to stop hyperventilating long enough to breathe and write this blog post. Suze Orman knows we exist!! That’s right, Suze FREAKING Orman, my idol of all idols. And she taped a video for Life After College! When Orman’s media team got in touch and asked me to submit [...]
Money
Money has the power to cause great stress, but it doesn’t have to. A little studying and systematizing goes a long way. Below, I share my own financial philosophies and best practices, as well as tips, tools and coaching exercises that I use with clients to help get their finances in order too. Our financial lives are never fixed – they are constantly evolving as our lives change; these posts will help you manage the ebb and flow with greater ease.
But before I jump in to the post round-up for this category, I just have to squeal with glee and share a video from the blog post SUZE ORMAN KNOWS WE EXIST!!!
Personal Money-Related Posts
- Free Agent Part Two: On Big Decisions & Very Real Fears
- Portfolio.com: Riding the Income Roller-Coaster as a Solopreneur
- Freedom: My Money Manifesto
- A Day in the Life of My Paycheck
- Credit Card Confessions: Part 1
- Credit Card Confessions: Part 2
- My 30-Day No Car Challenge
Money 101: Best Practices
- How to Rock Your Personal Finances
- Budgets ARE Sexy…When Simple
- Create a Weekend Budget
- 7 Great Money Management Websites
- The Emotional Side of Money
- Are You Clogging Your Financial Arteries?
- 3 Little White Lies We Tell Ourselves When Spending Money
- Economy 101: Visual Guides by Mint.com
Getting creative about money
- Going Beyond the To-Do List
- Money is a Means, Not an End
- Craigslist as an Extra Income Dartboard
- How to Live Creatively
- Setting (and Cashing in On) a Frivolous “Reward” Goal
- Reader Q&A: How Can I Finance SXSW (my big, scary goal)?
Full Archive:
It is my pleasure to introduce you to Phil Villarreal – one of the funniest (and most supportive) people I’ve met through my blog. Phil recently published his book, Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel, after seven failed manuscripts over seven years. I admire his persistence and sense of humor. As one reviewer describes him, “Phil [...]
The following is a guest post that I was excited to contribute to ING Direct‘s blog, We the Savers last week. Re-posting here for those of you that didn’t get a chance to read it! “The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now.” -Zig Zigler [...]
As my friend J-Money (okay, we’ve never met in person but he cracks me up and I love his blog) would tell you, Budgets Are Sexy. But not all of them. Some are just straight-up Debbie Downers. Before I get into my budgeting secret and awesome template (pretty sexy if I don’t say so myself), [...]
Ramit Sethi of I Will Teach You to Be Rich offers great advice (with an accompanying video) on automating your money. I’m also a big fan of automation – my paychecks are direct deposited into three accounts, my two savings accounts are funded automatically, and major bills are paid without me having to think about [...]
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal published a special insert called “The Best Online Tools for Personal Finance.” I have shared a few tools on this blog in the past, but wanted to make sure I pass along a few more gems from the article for your financial management arsenal. (The Best of) WSJ’s [...]
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