Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
In the personal finance world we talk about investing money a lot. But it’s just as important that you invest in yourself. When you neglect your largest asset (you) your family, career, health, and overall quality of life suffer. You need to continually spend time on yourself so that you can be the best version of you. Here are four ways you can invest in
Another week has passed us by! How did yours go? My youngest daughter turns 4 tomorrow :( I can’t believe she’s this old already. This weekend we’ll be visiting with family and may be taking a trip to Chuck E. Cheese. (I gave her a choice of going to the Zoo or going to Chuck E. Cheese for her birthday. She picked Chuck E. Cheese….)
Investing is something a lot of people want to do but feel they don’t have the money for. The good news is even if you’re living on a tight budget there are ways you can find money to invest. And once you make your first investment you’ll be hooked. I mean, who doesn’t like watching their money grow? If you’ve never invested before here are
How much do you think about diversifying your income? Have you ever tried it? According to this article from Budgets are Sexy, a guy by the name of Whiskeytrail is trying to add a new income stream for every month of the year. Now that’s diversity! As I read through the post and comments I could only think about how important it really is to
Can you believe we’re in the fifth month of the year already? Craziness. How are those New Year’s Resolutions going for you? ;) As always I want to share some of my favorite posts of the week with you. My favorite post of the week came from Financial Samurai – What is Considered Mass Affluent based off of Income, Net Worth, and Investable Assets? The numbers
Are there certain types of investments you refuse to make? When it comes to investing your options are wide open. You can find a stock in just about every field there is. But there are some investments that seem to be a little more controversial than others. Here are the top five most controversial investments. Firearms & Related Stocks Gun violence has led firearms and
There are fads in every industry, including the personal finance sector. Sometimes these fads can help you earn save a couple bucks and other times they can suck up your time and money. At times it can be hard to tell if you’re implementing a technique that is actually going to help you financially or if you’re just responding to hype. Since I spend a
Happy Friday! I hope it’s been a good week for you. If you’re in need of some weekend reading here are some of my favorite posts from the week: Are You Making What You’re Worth? @Eyes on the Dollar Ideal Careers for Number Crunchers @ A Young Pro Free Concert Hacking: Scoring Tickets Without Paying @Fit is the New Poor How to Increase Your Net
Save for you future. Invest ten percent of your income. Open up a Roth IRA. It goes in one ear and out the other. I should know. The long term mentality has only kicked in with me over the past couple of years. As some of my close family members near retirement age I cringe. Without any savings to fall back on retirement is going
Do you want to start a business but aren’t sure whether or not you have a good idea? Sometimes I think I may be slightly too obsessed with businesses. I’m constantly coming up with ideas and waiting for that one idea that makes me really excited. Not only that but here lately, I’ve had several other entrepreneurs ask me to critique aspects of their businesses,
