Money management becomes fun when you think of your financial plan not as a tool for attaining more piles of green pieces of paper, but as a means of living a life of purpose and fulfillment engaged in soul-satisfying work.Taking Our Newfangled Concept of "Retirement" to the Streets - When is a "retirement" not a "retirement?"
The Movie of Your Life - The words you want to hear when the movie is played back are: "Well done, good and faithful servant."
My Take on Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes - There are different kinds of smart.
Telling the Truth -- Practice Helps - Conveying hard sayings in a soft tone.
The Shame (and Pride!) of Expecting an Inheritance - How does it feel? To not be on your own?
Taking Risks Isn't What It Used to Be - Saving is risky. So is lots of other stuff.
Dating Up
What Do Early Retirees Do About Health Insurance? - Liz Weston addresses a question asked by many readers of her article on how to retire before turning 50.
20 Dangerous Money Myths -- They Think We're Stupid! - Why would a bank lend you money for less than what it can earn in stocks?
Learning from Mistakes -- I Never Should Have Bought that Leo Sayer Album - Tips on learning from mistakes relating to spending, dating, eating, and other junk like that.
What Do I Owe You? - The Airport Drive, The Sister Babysitter, and The Co-Worker Lender
Staying Married Just to Be Different - Don't say it with flowers, and 11 other tips.
A Good Retirement Is a Busy Retirement - Act Like You Expect to Die Soon and You Just Might.
Sex Is Overrated (Or So My Wife Often Observes) - Thinking sex is more important than it is causes you to spend on the wrong sorts of stuff.
Integrity and Debt - Those who are free of debt are better able to live lives of integrity.
Smart Vacations Recharge Your Batteries - Don't view a vacation as time off from your pursuit of the self-directed life, but as a time to recharge your batteries and thereby make quicker progress.
Saving and Investing Go Together Like a Horse and Carriage - You can't have one without the other.
Spending on Food - Keep a Price Book, calculate your cost per meal, dont even sample convenience foods.
Why Retirements Fail - The "Die Broke!" concept is dangerous.
"We Didn't Need to Get Married" - For Financial Planner Jan Geiger, a big difference on money issues is a deal-breaker.
Give Up Television and Grow Rich - Tap into the most precious good of modern times -- plentiful free time.
Staying Young at Heart - Passion Savers have a head start.
Live the Good Life and Avoid the Goons That Haunt It - Jealousy, insecurity, failing health, etc.
Air Conditioning -- A Costly Convenience - It's too darn hot -- to sit on the front steps and talk!
Life/Work Balance Begins with Money Balance - It's by saving money that you acquire the ability to call the shots regarding your future.
Spending on Education - It's sometimes the best thing to spend money on and it's sometimes the worst.
Hamlet's Money Management Problem - Happiness is not a what question, it is a how question.
Memories Come Tumbling from Her Purse - There's a reason why you hang onto dumb stuff.
Tithing for Non-Believers - To tithe or not to tithe, that is the question.
Are You Pro-Choice or Pro-Work? - "No reason to get excited," the thief he kindly spoke.
The Non-Working Wounded - Die broke? Nah.
Remembering to Mosey - "People have lost something in this generation."
Non-Money Things You Can Learn By Keeping a Budget - The time I had to tell my wife about the candy bar.
Budgets That Work Distinguish Between Seven Types of Spending - Cuts should be focused on the true luxury items.
What's It All About, Amy? - The purpose question.
Family and Money --- The Price You Pay - The financial risks of living together, and four other topics relating to family and money.
The Government Worker's Path to Early Retirement - How one well-regarded community member did it.
Am I a Bad Father? - John Greaney and Alexander Solzhenitsyn appear to be in disagreement re this one.
