Life Plan
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.
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