Where and how to start cutting in your budget when you need to save more money
I am not using myself as an example because I do not have a steady income and my expenses are not very controlled because I don’t really need to control them as long as I don
I gave up a quarter of a million dollars to be with my family
And it sucks. It’s really hard being a working mother, particularly since we have to go through 9 months carrying a child and then take at least 3 months off after the birth
How to shop your closet and save money
Everyone (and by everyone I mean myself), always harps on about shopping your closet and trying to mix and match pieces in an attempt to avoid shopping for new stuff and to use wha
Are you really as rich as you think you are?
Odd choice for a title because in this personal finance blogosphere, we’re all saying that you are NOT as rich as you think but ever since my trip to Singapore I have been th
The 10 Golden Rules of Personal Finance
There are very few exceptions to what I call the 10 Golden Rules of Personal Finance. Don’t regularly spend more than what you make* Your gross income is not what ends up in
Where would you live if money was no object?
My post on living in an ideal city got me thinking — if money was no object, where would I live? The answer is obvious to me. I’d live in California. Where exactly in C
Why are we so cheap for our health?
My mother has not been to the eye doctor in years and just recently mentioned that she’s been seeing “floating things” and it’s been getting worse. Alarmed,
At what point are you wealthy?
Nelson from FU says point blank that Wealth = Money, and he hates it when people twist the definition to include having a great life, friends and so on. I agree and partly disagree
Would it be better if the government forced us to save 40% for retirement?
Nelson’s post about how we have a problem with financial literacy as a whole reminded me of something I had planned to blog about but never got around to. “Maybe Sing
My journey from $60,000 in debt to $200,000 as my net worth
On occasion, I review my net worth journey and subsequently, my money journey, going from being in debt to having a 6-figure net worth. It’s kind of my only motivation not to