Would you and your special love bunny get along better if you made more money? Many people believe that if they only made more money, their lives would be perfect. Money and marriage are important, but maybe not for the reasons you think. Life would be great with more money, people tell themselves. They’d own [...]
This is a guest post from Daniel Packer over at Sweating The Big Stuff. Daniel writes about negotiating, saving and conscious spending while attempting to maintain a high quality of life. To read more, subscribe to his feed or follow him on Twitter. First of all, I’d like to congratulate Neal on his nominations in [...]
Are you looking for simple money ideas in order to have more balance in your life – and more cash in your checking account? If so, I have a very counterintuitive idea. Unautomate it. I know this idea may surprise you. After all, automation is supposed to be a good thing, right? You set it and forget [...]
Are you doing a good job teaching your kids about money? Are you worried about them growing up unable to make smart financial decisions? Are you petrified at the notion that they’ll have to face the tough challenges you did? Do you fear they’ll repeat your jug head mistakes? If so, join the club. Many people [...]
Can you be free of financial stress while in debt? Not if you believe the media today. Let’s face it…just about everything you read from personal finance books and blogs (including this one) might convince you that you can’t in fact be happy until you get rid of financial stress. Everywhere you turn, you get the same [...]
For some reason, we often forget that we already meet our own definition of success. I don’t know why that is…but as a result, we tend to beat ourselves up for absolutely no good reason. If we fall into this trap, it can be expensive. Here’s an example of someone who forgot what his own definition [...]
Here’s a Tiger Woods divorce update you weren’t expecting: his damage control skills offer you many important lessons in how to manage your money and marriage problems. Of course the obvious lesson is to be faithful, honest and true. Those are the easy ones. But consider the idea of “damage control.” For a moment, put aside [...]
Is it possible to fix a marriage after financial infidelity? I came across an interesting story about a newlywed couple that illustrates how difficult it can be. A few weeks after their marriage, Karin bought a laptop without first consulting her husband, Jim. It made the groom so angry that he started reconsidering his decision to [...]
If you have an expensive life, a recent Harvard study solves the problem (or at least it can really provide insight into the solution). I read about it in a cool new book, The Secret Language of Money by Dr. David Krueger. Here’s a three-minute video sharing a fascinating study done at the venerated college. [...]
Widower benefits don’t get much attention. Do a Google Search on “Widow Benefits” and you’ll get 4,530,000 hits. (“Widower Benefits” only gets about 700,000 hits…sorry guys.) I bring this up because most couples do no planning and that means the survivor is going to have to sift through between 700,000 and 4,530,000 articles and pieces [...]
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