It’s easy to have a routine. In the winter, especially with kids, it’s easy to do the same thing most weekdays and the same things most weekends. For the past couple fo months I’ve been making an effort lately to try new things, and have found that one new thing leads to another. Here are … Continue reading
The tricky thing about personal finance is that no one thing works for everyone. With the exception of spending less than you earn, what works for one person might not to work for another. Not to mention that everyone has a different income, different expenses, is at a different life stage and has different goals. … Continue reading
After writing about resilience last week, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I can learn from How Resilience Works to use in our financial life. Can I use the resilience framework to evaluate our financial lives or to make our finances more resilient? After all, when we talk about emergency funds and retirement savings, saving for college … Continue reading
Many years ago now, I was living in Europe working for a company I had been at since graduating from college. I’d been abroad for well over a year and was feeling a little stuck. I’d made a commitment to work abroad for 2 years and by this time I knew there was no way … Continue reading
If there is one thing I wish I had learned about earlier in my financial journey, it is the Balanced Money Formula. This budget helped me realize that it is ok to have fun money, regardless of your income. It served me well when I was single with student loan, car, and mortgage debt. It … Continue reading
“Where’s My Trust Fund” Manifesto Define enough. Be generous. Find your WHY. Create your own trust fund. Math is not hard. Start investing early, now is as good of time as any. Keep it simple. Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It’s ok to talk about it. Save when you can … Continue reading
This year has been a busy one and I want to thank all of my loyal readers for your continued support. While I always love to hear from my readers either in the form of a comment or a interview, I also appreciate all you lurkers out there. I too am a lurker on many … Continue reading
I hope everyone one had a nice Thanksgiving. There are a few things I wanted to tell you about having to do with retirement savings, reader interviews, and Twitter. 2013 Contribution Limits The IRS has announced 2013 401k contribution limits. Good news! For next year, contribution limits have been raised from $17,000 to $17,500. While … Continue reading
Well it seems I’ve unintentionally taken a bit of a summer vacation here. So much has happend. We are officially homeowners and all moved into our new house. And while at one point, when we were having a hard time finding a house, I started thinking it might be optimal to rent again- it almost … Continue reading
While I just had a birthday, I did not receive any kind of ‘news’ on this day. I can still go by the moniker of NoTrustFund. However, I have been thinking a lot about what it would mean to have a trust fund. Not in a general sense, but for me specifically. Would I do anything … Continue reading
I have a birthday coming up. Not a ‘big’ birthday by any means but one that definitely makes me feel like an adult. More so than New Years, birthdays always make me take a step back and assess. Assess where I am in life and where I am going. This is so important. Without taking … Continue reading
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