Category: On Money

Holidays are a great excuse to stop our “normal” world and do something different. Whether we join in the festivities or not, we can just unplug and do nothing (or at least nothing as compared to our everyday lives). If you were lucky and didn’t have to work on the 4th of July, I hope you were able to do something different, something out of the ordinary—even if that was just watching mindless TV without feeling guilty!…

I just got back from a weekend Downeast—a remote part of Maine where not much happens.  Lots and lots of natural beauty but when it comes to the things in life that we usually take for granted, it’s a different world. …

You make endless decisions every day. In fact, you make so many of them, most of the time you’re not even aware of them. If you were, you wouldn’t have enough time to live. Brushing your teeth, combing your hair and getting dressed to make your way to work would fill up your entire day!…

Cash!  A recent article in the Washington Post states, “Roughly eight in 10 people carry less than $50 cash in their wallets on a regular basis, according to a new report from Bankrate.com.”  The article goes on to suggest that maybe we don’t carry cash because we just don’t have it, but I think  it’s because of our society’s affinity for using plastic—whether a debit or credit card.…

You gotta love California Chrome–on his way to being a Triple Crown winner.  In case you missed it, California Chrome is owned by DAP—Dumb Ass Partners, two unknown working stiffs called this when they invested their last dollars into a colt they “knew” was going to be something special. …

Married, living together or just building a committed relationship: Money is the uninvited third.   A romantic dinner for two, a second honeymoon in a tropical paradise, or a mundane trip to the grocery. Three times a couple should feel completely at ease with each other.…

Leave the past behind and find your own unique financial freedom. Money Baggage: It’s not what you think. It’s not living paycheck to paycheck. It’s not your mounting credit card debt. And it’s not even your empty savings account. Those and all the other negative things about your money life have nothing to do with the real money baggage you’ve been carrying all your life.…

I’m actually talking about a book by Philip Stern—not the way you feel approaching the tax deadline. I may be the only person who remembers this book from the early 1970’s, but The Rape of the Taxpayer changed my life with taxes.…

Families take on increase in debt. The headline jumped out at me. Here we go again—we humans never learn.  And then I read on, Analysts say a $241 billion quarterly bump means Americans feel better about the economy.…

It’s mid-month and by now (if you’re like the rest of the human race) your New Year’s Resolution is either nagging you like a bad tooth or becoming just a faint memory.  And since money is always one of the top 10 New Year’s Resolutions of any year, I’ll be you spend less and save more is causing problems again.…