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Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Suck
Spending with intention, meeting goals, having conversations about money—it’s all hard but maybe it doesn’t need to be sooo hard.
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What do the 1600s and Josh have in common?
What do the 1600s and Josh have in common?
Back in the 1600s, the concept of multiple priorities didn’t really exist. There was a Priority…but not priorities. 300 years later…
Conor Muirhead
Dec 20, 2014
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…
Conor Muirhead
Dec 13, 2014
Flying without autopilot
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 spending that I forget why…
Conor Muirhead
Nov 15, 2014
1…2…3…Surprise!
1…2…3…Surprise!
I’ve often had a bill show up in the mail right when we’ve had just enough money to make it through the month. As I open it…
Conor Muirhead
Nov 1, 2014
Mo’ money, mo’ problems
Mo’ money, mo’ problems
Oddly enough, even though we had all this extra money at our disposal, we didn’t find ourselves any more satisfied. We were spending...
Conor Muirhead
Oct 18, 2014
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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…
Conor Muirhead
Oct 11, 2014
When people look at me like a wounded puppy
When people look at me like a wounded puppy
Sometimes I have to tell someone that I won’t be purchasing something because it’s not in the budget. The response always cracks me up…
Conor Muirhead
Oct 4, 2014
What Genghis Kahn taught me about credit cards
What Genghis Kahn taught me about credit cards
The only thing that kept me using my credit card was the “free” rewards I got. But I realized they weren’t free at all…
Conor Muirhead
Sep 27, 2014
It’s time to wake up
It’s time to wake up
Maybe you don’t have a problem with spending. A few years ago I didn’t have a problem — I had “good debt”, I was “investing” in my educat…
Conor Muirhead
Sep 22, 2014
I’ve got a confession to make…
I’ve got a confession to make…
Katie and I suffer from an addiction. It’s called spending. Before you judge us addicts too harshly though, let me tell you a bit about it…
Conor Muirhead
Sep 13, 2014
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