Debt

25 Personal Finance Articles You Should Read

This morning, YL11 came to me in the kitchen and said “Momma… Do you what Mrs. Crawford says Debt means? It means ‘Don’t Ever Buy Too much’.” So, I thought to myself “wow, that’s great. She’s learning!” Then she said “Momma… Can I have money for the book fair?” And so are the days of [...]

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One Step Forward and Two Steps Back

Thanks for everyone who stuck it through with me during my absence. Life has been very crazy here and we’ve just been working on getting back to normal. For just a glimpse of our week, I bring you the Minivan O Doom Saga: Back in January, I wrote that I paid off my minivan 9 [...]

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Companies NEED debt to pay payroll

This statement made me pause. Now, I don’t care if you support this massive monster of a mistaken bailout or not … the notion that companies must have credit to pay their bills and therefore employ you is the height of ridiculous. As a matter of fact, I’ve never worked for a company who used [...]

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Short and Long Term Goals

I have hundreds of “goals” or things that flit through my mind that I mentally decide I want to accomplish. I finally decided to put pencil to paper and make a list. I wrote down 1 year, 5 year, and 10 year goals. Mark even got in on the action. It was an interesting exercise, [...]

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If You Know You’re Broke, STOP SPENDING

My co-workers are excited about the book I’m writing. They all want to talk about my process and my ideas. I think it’s fabulous to receive such instant feedback, but some of the conversations it has prompted have blown my mind. In the break room yesterday, I was speaking with a woman who is in [...]

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