Author Archives: Kevin
- January 18, 2010
- Another Carnival of Personal Finance
Thanks to Million Dollar Journey for hosting this weeks Carnival of Personal Finance. Be sure to check it out by clicking on the link.
- January 12, 2010
- Eating Your Way Into Debt
One of the greatest wastes of money is food. Yep, you heard me. I know we needed it, but all too often this is the greatest source of budgetary problems. Especially if you are a young and social single. Eating out is a way of life. It is how you mingle. It is also how [...]
- January 5, 2010
- First Investment
A big topic in Personal Finance is investing. But beginning to invest can be an overwhelming task. And to be honest, I believe most people think too narrowly when considering investment. Investing is not just stocks and bonds. Nor is it just real estate. The first place you should look is yourself.
Education is one of [...]
- January 4, 2010
- Save Money With Planning
The Holiday’s are past us, now we start a New year. With the new year comes plenty of resolutions to fulfill. A big one for many is to save money in the new year. Here are a few thoughts to aid you in this quest. As a part of your overall Budget plans, this should [...]
- December 31, 2009
- New Year Shopping Tips
Well, the New Year is upon us. Many people will make all kinds of resolutions. One, in particular would getting personal finances in order. I was reading around and ready Christy Jennings blog Makeup Tutorial where she writes some shopping for makeup tips. She inspired me to write some thoughts about approaching shopping in the [...]
- July 16, 2009
- Is MTurk.com worth it?
Amazon’s Mechanical Turkis a bit of a fad I had stumbled across. What is it you might ask? Quite simple, someone pays you to do tasks such astesting links, testing software, rewriting paragraphs, finding email addresses, and much more. For each task you can make as little as a penny or up to the highest [...]
- July 14, 2009
- Is all Finance Personal?
I have been thinking about this question lately. We hear all the time the phrase, “it’s business, not personal.” But, doesn’t it always come back to being personal? When a business downsizes, they are cutting one person’s job t keep the company afloat so others may continue to work. Just a thought.
- July 13, 2009
- Missing in Action
Chances are, there aren’t hardly anyone still reading this as I stopped posting a while ago. Honestly, I started running into a case of writer’s block because I wanted to be unique and got caught up in the whole blogging scene. So Ibecame frustrated because I was afraid of being repetitive. I got away from what [...]
- October 23, 2008
- Politics
While I don’t want to turn this blog into a political sound board, a couple of posts I have read at other sites have this on my mind and I need to get it out. First is Andrea’s at Fools and Sages where she is talking about the next president but quotes a book that shows [...]
- October 20, 2008
- Don’t Give Up!
This may surprise you since I live in the South, but I am a college football fan. Although, what may actually be a surprise for some of you is that I am a Kentucky fan, even in football. The game this weekend between my beloved Wildcats and Arkansas made me think about personal finance.
The wildcats [...]
