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Hey, it has been over a year and my family is still going strong on our budget! I just realized that we started keeping a formal budget last June. What a difference a year makes. A year ago, we were still operating on the “quick check method”. You know what I mean: “Bunny, do . . . → Read More: Over a year on the budget We got back from vacation last week, and plunged back into our normal lives. That was the last long road trip I think I’ll ever take. Not that the kids were bad, they were astonishingly good for being cramped up in a van for five days. It is simply that 1) I hate driving. . . . → Read More: Home from Vacation While playing the Prosperity Game, I got to thinking about my personal rule-of-thumb for handling real-life windfalls. This has definitely changed over time. When I was younger, I would simply split the money in halves. 50% to pay down debt (which always needed paying down), and 50% for "something nice." That was nice, but . . . → Read More: Windfalls, a happy challenge On this 100th post for Fearless Money, I am taking the opportunity to discuss the future direction of the site. As you may have noticed if you are a long time reader, the site has changed direction. . . . → Read More: Site Direction “If I knew I was going to live forever, what skill or experience would it make sense to bring with me?” . . . → Read More: What skills would I want … forever? Reading the comments on BlinkSale’s Weblog article on how to set your hourly rate, I found a great resource. It is a Rate Calculator with interactive knobs and sliders. Really quite slick. For what it’s worth, it says that if my target is $200K, and I want 36 days a year off (vacation, sick . . . → Read More: Interactive Hourly Rate Calculator A quick and happy update to my lay-off status. . . . → Read More: Deciding between job offers As I say on the sidebar, I used to be afraid of money. That was a bad strategy. My own fears Despite the fact that I’ve regularly earned six figure incomes over the last decade, I managed to amass a load of debt and basically no savings. I’m a smart fellow, I’ve done all . . . → Read More: Wealth doesn't come to the afraid I made approximately $1300 in my first month of selling on Amazon. . . . → Read More: Amazon – $1300 in first month My startup business is gathering steam. I can feel it turning from a dream into reality. Know what I mean? The cusp, it is right now. . . . → Read More: My business is gathering steam |
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