Humans are weird. We know what we should be doing. With all the information constantly smashed into our face its hard not to. We also know how to do it, or at least find the resources we need to make it happen (A.K.A. Google). But we still procrastinate and ignore the common sense voice in […]
Personal Finance
Can You Do 1% Better?
1% doesn’t seem like a big deal. Out of a dollar, it is a penny that you probably walk by on the street and don’t even think of picking up. A 1% price increase at the grocery store doesn’t stop you from bringing anything home. $10 on a $1,000 purchase, not going to raise any […]
Turning Savings Hacks into Charity Hacks
I write and read a lot about creative ways to save and invest money, but what can happen when we take some of that ingenuity and turn it into a charity hacking engine? Can we take a little and make a lot? Can a small amount of money make a difference? I think this point […]
Personal Finance in 10 Quotes
I professed my love for time-tested investing advice from great minds in my previous post on market speculation and decided to expand it into an all out Quote Assault on Personal Finance today. This is the quick and dirty guide to my views on personal finance, aided with quotes that I may or may not […]
Best Money Spent This Year
Usually, I talk about ways to CUT costs, save money or invest, but today I want to talk about the Best Money Spent in the AE household year to date. We try to spend on things that we truly enjoy and cut the rest of the crap out. This year a lot of our cash […]
What to do if you have storm damage
I promised an update on the Storm Damage Insurance process when I first wrote about the significant hail damage we got in June (totaling over $20,000). This is my first time filing a claim, and when I asked friends and co-workers what to expect only a few of them have actually filed a claim before. […]
Top Down Cost Cutting for the Average American
While I believe the best thing millennials can do to improve their financial situation is increasing their income, if you are going to focus on cutting costs, go Top Down. I touched on this topic when I talked about the strategy we used to pay down $60,000 in debt while building a $90,000 nest egg, […]
