Let me start things with a story, recently told to me by a friend that we’ll call Tammy. Tammy has…
Over the weekend, the New York Times published The New 30-Something: Have you or haven’t you cut the financial cord…
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words.…
Once a month (or so), I share a dozen things that have inspired me to greater personal, professional, and financial…
Erika writes in with a great question that grew beyond a normal mailbag entry: Why do you think people get…
One fairly common question I see from readers is whether or not making something on your own is cheaper than…
Spend five minutes or so watching this great YouTube video, which animates a wonderful short speech by Alan Watts: Here’s…
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been moving my office to another room in the house. That’s involved setting up…
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words.…
A few years ago, a movie called The Gambler came out, starring Mark Wahlberg. It was a decent movie –…
At an earlier point in The Simple Dollar’s history, I went through a period where I reviewed a new personal…
My usual approach to any spending decision – any time that money leaves my checking account – is to make…
As I’ve mentioned before, when I’m making a purchase that clocks in at above the $20 mark or so, I…
This past weekend, I was cleaning out the closet in my office when I came across some of my old…
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words.…
This is the second entry in an eight part series exploring the connections between your finances and other areas of…
