Category Archives: Planning

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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The Spending Pyramid: Personal Values and Financial Planning (Part I)

Do you ever find yourself wondering where the time has gone at the end of the day? It starts out bright and you perform the required tasks for the day, but the rest of the time has flown by before you realize it? This is often also the case with money. In his book

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Life lived as a Business Model

I’ve heard the phrase "Treat your life as a business" many times and it got me thinking of how this could be possible. How does the way businesses are started and operated translate to life itself? Establish a Niche One of the first things businesses do is establish their niche. Sometimes this could be ...

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First of the Month: Whatever happened to those New Year Resolutions?

It's the first of September today and as with the beginning of a new day, new month or a new year we are often inclined to set new goals/resolutions. I think it’s like having a clean slate, so like kids in a candy store we ...

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