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One major theme I’ve observed in a large number of recent personal finance books and articles is the idea of valuing experiences over things. For example, it’s more financially sensible to lead a spartan life filled with many memorable experiences than it is to subscribe to the consumer lifestyle. I’ve hinted at this …
I like to get things done, and I like to be efficient and frugal. I love to be able to sit down at any computer and have my entire office available on-line at my fingertips. One of my editors for on-line editing is Google Documents. When editing bigger documents it is great to be able to use all the screen for the …
Over the last week or so, I’ve seen and heard a lot of parents grumbling about the exorbitant cost of buying school clothes for their kids for the upcoming year. A few parents are at least putting all of their eggs in the basket of the upcoming tax holiday on clothes in Iowa - and they’re quite proud of this, certain …
The productivity list is a common animal these days (goodness knows I’ve done my share), but how do you sort among them all? You’d need a list of the best lists, that’s how. Never fear — I’ve done all the homework for you, and compiled the best of the best productivity lists, in my humble opinion. Some of them are a …
I an an avid user of Google Docs. In fact this post has been written in Docs. Up until now Docs has lacked templates to get you a quick way to start a new and specific document. Well no more! In fact Google Docs recently added more than 300 templates for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Need templates for a …
This is a guest post from Leo Babauta, the author of the great siteZen Habits. If you have not already done so, please visit his insightful blog. Ever since I got out of debt, I haven’t written much about personal finances, simply because it’s not one of the main focuses in my life. Still, I’ve written a lot about …
A reader named Mindy wrote in recently and asked the following: When I was growing up, we did countless little things to save money. We grew an enormous garden. We hunted. We fished in a fairly high-throughput fashion, putting out lines overnight to catch hundreds of pounds at a time. We raised hogs and chickens and …
As soon as people hear the word frugality, they often respond by saying “I don’t have time for that!” The perception is out there that frugality always demands hours of doing things like cutting coupons and mixing up batches of homemade laundry detergent. While those projects save money, they’re only one avenue …