Archive for the ‘Money Management’ Category
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Feeling Poor: Here Are The Two Largest Reasons Why
In a personal finance forum I frequent, a person posted a link to a survey of what people are looking for in personal finance tools. There were a new member to the forum. Since they hadn’t contributed anything to the forum, I didn’t feel the need to help them out. In fact, I suggested that they pay for a focus group. It turns out that the company is three people looking to bootstrap a business by making a new personal finance tool. I wish them luck… I doubt anyone would give up their financial information […]
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When the Going Gets Rough, Don’t Spend Money
Today is one of those days for me. It’s the most depressed I’ve been in easily a year - probably much longer. When I lost my job I was happier. When I was passed over for a well-paying position that was absolutely perfect for me I was happier.
It’s all because of a football game. I read the 7 words of the last sentence over and over again. My mind can’t make sense of why something like a football game matters. The only thing more depressing to me than the result of the football game […] -
Eliminate Debt: The Ultimate in Lazy Finances
This is a guest post from DebtFree-Revolution. I encourage you to subscribe to her RSS feed.
Lazy Man and I disagree on the whole debt idea. This surprises me, since as I have eliminated all but one debt (and that last one will go away very soon) I have discovered that debt elimination is the ultimate in lazy financial management.
When I started with the Dave Ramsey debt elimination plan back in January of 2007, we had two vehicle notes (payments for non-Southerners), one credit union loan, and three credit cards. Nothing unmanageable, right? Especially since we […] -
5 Ways Being Lazy With My Money Got Me Into Debt
This is a guest post from I’ve Paid For This Twice Already…. I encourage you to subscribe to her RSS feed.
First, just let me say that I believe in the Lazy Man philosophy as espoused by this blog. I would love to make my money work so I don’t have to. But in the past, being lazy for me was basically equal to not taking the time to do much about anything. And as you can guess, it wasn’t the best idea I ever had. These are 5 ways that being lazy about my money […] -
7 ways procrastination has cost me money
This is a guest post from Plonkee Money. She is a UK based financial blogger, so you’ll minor differences to what you may be used to (like using the Pound rather than American dollar). The concepts are universal, so I encourage you to subscribe to her RSS feed.
I’m not the most organized person in the world, and this is not a good trait when combined with my penchant for putting off till later what doesn’t strictly have to be done right now. In some respects this is comical. I can get ready for work including taking a shower within […]
