Posts Tagged ‘spending’

Watching Every Cent

If you've been working on getting your personal budget balanced, going offline can make some sense. There are plenty of web applications and other tools that really do well at interpreting your spending patterns and other information just by taking a look at your monthly bank statement. But there's really no substitute for doing some financial tracking on your own. Every Little Cent One reason many people seem to struggle with building… Continue reading

April 23 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: finances, spending, tracking | 8 comments»

An Introduction to Expense Tracking

Who doesn't have a goal for the new year that involves money? Many of us have goals that involve making more money or managing the money we already have — but, no matter exactly what goal you might have for your money, you'll probably need some baseline information about it. While understanding your expenses is basic, they make up some of the most important information you can gather about… Continue reading

December 16 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: expense tracking, spending | 18 comments»

32 Hacks for Sticking to Your Budget

In January, we asked you for your tips about living within your means and keeping to your budget, with the chance to win a db clay wallet. You gave us 144 responses in total – some of which had excellent advice.Here’s our round-up of the best tips and tricks for budgeting:1. Don’t spend more money than you have.2. Stick to your grocery lists – compile them based on… Continue reading

March 11 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: budget, frugality, Money, spending | 51 comments»

Living Without Credit

Picture this: I'm 18, going to college, living 3,000 miles away from home. I stop in at a music store and fiddle around with one of the keyboards there. It's nice. I strike up a conversation with one of the salespeople. He's nice. He asks if I'd like to buy the keyboard I'm playing. I tell him I couldn't possibly, since it's a good $2000… Continue reading

November 16 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: credit, expense, finance, living, spending | 54 comments»

10 Reasons You & I Aren’t Rich

Jeffrey Strain from TheStreet.com has a few hints to why we're not rich yet. Mostly, it appears, this is due to how we spend money and not how much money we make. You be the judge. 1. You Care What Your Neighbors Think2. You Aren't Patient3. You Have Bad Habits4. You Have No Goals5. You Haven't Prepared6. You Try to Make a Quick Buck7. You Rely on Others to Take… Continue reading

March 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: Money, spending | 3 comments»

Sixteen ways being disorganized costs you money

Having poor organizational skills can impact more than your productivity. John from MightyBargainHunter.com gives sixteen ways that disorganization can hurt your finances. Some highlights from this list include:

Missed rebates
Dining out
Missed tax deductions
Susceptibility of sales pitches

Sixteen ways being disorganized costs you money - [MightyBargainHunter.com]… Continue reading

January 16 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: finances, Money, organization, spending | 3 comments»

Heresy and Progress

We live in world full of pressures to conform: to believe what others tell us is true, to toe the line, to accept the values of those in positions of power, and to follow conventional, approved paths. That's the way to get on in life and business, we are told. You need to fit in, play the game, and avoid rocking any boats.Fitting in and following generally accepted views on… Continue reading

October 9 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: accomplishment, achievement, career, civilized-work, consumption, creativity, decision-making, delegation, economics, enjoyment, freedom, happiness, kathy+sierra, leadership, lifebalance, Lifehack, Lifestyle, Management, micro-management, Money, priorities, prioritization, slow-leadership, spending, strategy, stress, success, time, work-life, work/life-balance, worklife | 1 comment»

7 Finance Tips From a Guy Who’s Broke

Because I'm dead center of trying to figure out my own personal financial Rubik's Cube, and because I've been listening every day to the Financial Aid Podcast, I've had finance hacks on the brain. Besides, Graeme wanted me to talk about them, too. So, here goes 7 tips on finance from a guy who's broke: