I wish I had more time. I find myself saying this quite often. You would think this meant that I am using the 24 hours I have been blessed with properly, but that's not the case. You'll see why after reading this. Check out the screenshot (from about 2 weeks ago) of my web browser.
How I Saved Up for a Ring In One Year – Details
The bare-bones details of the steps I took in taking money from varying investment vehicles to save up for the engagement ring. This is a follow-up to the video from the previous post
How I Saved Up for a Ring In One Year – Video
A 2 minute video explaining my journey towards saving for a special kind of rock
2009 Report Card
I go into in-depth analysis of how I fared in 2009 on the goals that I highlighted for myself. I had plenty of hits, but a lot more misses.
The end of the beginning
Hello World For most of you that have subscribed, this is the first post you are getting from me since you started reading my blog. It's been 6 months since I wrote any articles at this website and it is unfortunate that this has been the case. I want to first of all apologize because in ...
Money Tips from a Professional Student: On Expensive Eating
This is the second in a series of articles directed towards college students – both graduates and undergraduates. As a PhD student in my 5th year after being an undergraduate for 4 years, you can call me a professional student. Through various experiences, I have learned a few things that can save money and help ...
Money Tips from a Professional Student: On Expensive Textbooks
This is the first in a series of articles directed towards college students – both graduates and undergraduates. As a PhD student in my 5th year after being an undergraduate for 4 years, you can call me a professional student. Through various experiences, I have learned a few things that might save money and ...
The Beginning of The End: 6 steps to making the most of the rest of 2009
After today we will be in the month of October. OCTOBER . . . 2009!?! I’m literally taking a moment to digest how nine whole months have flown by . . . . . OK! Moment Over. With about 90 days (92 days to be exact) left in 2009, I want to mention 6 steps using ...
The Emergency Fund: Your Financial Red Cross
What do you do when: your source of income suddenly stops? you’re suddenly ill and insurance can’t cover all the costs? you have to travel immediately due to a close relative’s passing away? your car breaks down and you realize you have to spend $700 or more on repairs? Sure you can use credit cards to cover some of ...
The Spending Pyramid: Personal Values and Financial Planning (Part II)
In yesterday’s article, we were able to explore the structure of a spending pyramid a la Robert Pagliarini. Based on Dan Pink’s lecture on motivation (which I embedded in another article), there are three human motivating factors. Autonomy – The urge to direct our ...
