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Favorite Links for the Week of October 6
This week I was particularly impressed with many good articles in the personal finance arena. I’d like to highlight a few that I thought were especially good: Accumulating Money:Use Budget Software and...
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Book Review: How to Survive Without a Salary
I read this book, How to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver Lifestyle, years ago and just last week read it again. I was once again impressed with its ability to really open...
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Defining Moments Part 1 - Making the Decision to Retire Early
Sometimes life changes creep up on us slowly, so slowly that we may not even realize the change is underway. At other time, though, we face a defining moment that shapes the rest of our life. I’ve had...
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Defining Moments Part 2 - Stop the Impulse Buying
Last week I wrote about a major defining moment in my life - making the decision to retire early. Today I want to write about a more subtle defining moment, but something that has had a positive impact...
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Making Lemonade out of a Stock Market Full of Lemons
I have not yet written about the downturn in the stock market. This has been intentional; partly, I did not want to add to the panic, and partly (mostly), I didn’t have anything helpful to say about...
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Favorite Links for Week of October 27
I’d like to highlight a few good articles I found during the week of October 27: Master Your Card: Why I Rent Instead of Own a Home Ask Mr. Credit Card: Bankruptcy Recovery: Lessons Learned...
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Review of PaperBackSwap
I recently had the opportunity to join the internet book-swapping site PaperBackSwap. I thought I’d take the opportunity to share my experience here and explain some of what I learned. First, it is a...
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Question Expenses Twice
I took my car into the dealer for maintenance this morning, and it reminded me of an important cost-savings tactic I use: question expenses twice. By this I mean when you are getting ready to undertake...
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Favorite Links for Week of November 3
Last week I had articles that appeared in the Carnival of Personal Finance and the Festival of Frugality. There are many insightful articles and I encourage you to check them out. Here are a few that I...
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Book Review: How to Live Well Without Owning a Car
One of the thoughts I keep bouncing around is whether I can get by without a car. Cars can be expensive to keep, even if they are already paid off. We can’t ever get away from maintenance, repairs,...
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