Workin’ eight to eight
When I was little, I used to love the song “Nine to Five” by Dolly Parton. Not because I wanted to actually, you know, work nine to five, but I was oddly enamored with the idea of wearing beige pumps, a curly perm and a high-waisted green pencil skirt on a daily basis. Fast forward [...]
Start Me Up
Kiplinger has an interesting article about the concept of a “starter city” for young professionals. You can read it here. The basic concept is downsizing yourself to a smaller, more affordable city where the rent is cheap and the cost of living is low, so your bright, professional young self can surge ahead of the [...]
Taking the Next Step: Reader Question
Q: OK, so inspired by your admonition that we all make a budget I have written down everything I’ve spent for the last month. I’ll keep gathering that information but I sense that one month is enough to go on to the next step. Here’s the catch, though, what’s the next step? A: LOL! Good [...]
Just noticed…
Just saw that there’s someone out there using a blog name, writing tone and color scheme that is eerily similar to mine. How totally uninventive. Don’t be fooled, peeps. Keep it real here. And thanks for everything – the advice, the e-mails, the readership – you’ve helped me with over the years. I heart you.
Bear-ly Comprehending
If there’s one thing this week has taught me, it’s that I really don’t understand the financial world. I’ve read articles about the market every day this week. Sometimes I’ve even re-read them twice in a futile attempt to understand what’s happening. I grill Brian on financial terms after every news report. But the truth [...]
