Archives for December 2012

That’s One Expensive Happy Meal

Many friends and colleagues of mine have taken interest in my journey towards debt freedom lately.  When I decided to get out of debt once and for all about 16 months ago, they wished me luck, but nothing more than that.  Now that I have been pretty …

Automate Your Finances

This may not be anything new for many of my readers, but if you have not done so yet, you must automate every aspect of your financial life as soon as you possibly can.  Considering the New Year is approaching, this goal will make for a great …

The Amateur Mindset

As cliche as it sounds, you can’t be afraid to take risks when it comes to learning new things. If you wait until you “know how to do something” before you apply for a specific job or take on a new task, you are going to find out that you will never …

Yoda Was Right (Things we must unlearn)

“To attain knowledge, add things every day.  To attain wisdom, subtract things every day.” ~ Lao Tsu
“You must unlearn what you have learned.”  ~ Yoda

So many things we have learned in our lives have been cemented in our brains, and indeed our …

Ditch Your Financial Advisor

If the recession has taught us anything, it has taught us that “experts” can get burned just like the rest of us when it comes to investing.

When financial times get rough, we all look to these experts to save our hard earned cash for us the right …