Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Suck

What do the 1600s and Josh have in common?

Back in the 1600s, the concept of multiple priorities…

Some advice to a friend

“I’ve hit the end of my rope with budgeting. Both my wife and I have watched our budget with a close eye for years. But despite considerable increases in salary, month after…

Flying without autopilot

Sometimes I get so caught up with trying to grow the dollar amount of an account, or shrink the amount we’re…

1…2…3…Surprise!

I’ve often had a bill show up in the mail right when we’ve had just enough money to…

Mo’ money, mo’ problems

Oddly enough, even though we had all this extra money at our disposal, we…

Goodbye dictatorship, hello democracy

Why do we avoid talking about money? What’s so hard about it? And when we actually do try talking about it, why do we end up arguing…

When people look at me like a wounded puppy

Sometimes I have to tell someone that I won’t be…

What Genghis Kahn taught me about credit cards

The only thing that kept me using my credit card was…

It’s time to wake up

Maybe you don’t have a problem with spending. A few years ago I didn’t have a…