Debt Reduction
Secrets of Personal Finance Summed up on 5 Business Cards
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Everything I’ve believed in and written about for the past 20+ years just got summed up in a great post over at The Simple Dollar. No further introduction is necessary for this one…
Enjoy!
Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on the Back of Five Business Cards
A Total Money Makeover Update
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007The Money Matters blog is LONG overdue for an update, so I’ve decided to share where we’re at with the debt reduction plan we started back in March 2006.
Before getting into that, let me first apologize for hardly blogging over the past few months.
Honestly, I have no excuse other than laziness and procrastination. […]
Getting Started on the Road to Financial Freedom
Sunday, May 6th, 2007I’ve been to so many personal finance sites that just blog about new topics all the time, but they don’t offer guidance on what do first, second, and so on. They just expect you to read all their posts and figure it out for yourself.
That approach doesn’t work for me, and I suspect it doesn’t […]
Making a Financial Turnaround
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006Have you ever found yourself in a negative financial situation, either broke or deep in debt? Maybe you’re in the midst of such a situation right now. In this article I’ll share with you some insights on how to successfully recover from a negative financial situation.
That’s the start of another great post over […]
The Case of the Bulging Credit Card
Thursday, December 7th, 2006In my recent post explaining the new online business project, I mentioned that I had not yet purchased Site Build It!. Well, in case you’re wondering why I haven’t ponied up the dough and started on my opportunity-junkie-reform project already, it’s really quite simple…. My last payment hasn’t cleared the darn credit card yet!
Yup, you […]
Killing the Debt, Slowly But Surely
Thursday, July 20th, 2006You may recall an earlier post about my debt reduction kickoff on May 20th. At that time, we were sitting right at $16K in credit card debt, and had already eliminated $500 for March.
Well, I just added up the balances on our two credit card statements and was very pleased to see the total […]
Our search for the best reward credit card
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006Now that our credit card debt is consolidated onto a 0% interest Discover card, and our debt reduction plan is well underway, we decided a nice reward card was in our financial future.
With You Need A Budget (YNAB)as the new #1 weapon in our financial arsenal, we once again have the control that will allow […]
Let the Debt Reduction Begin!
Monday, March 20th, 2006If you read about my credit card hell VIP membership, then you already know 2006 is the year of debt reduction and getting back on financial track for me.
It all begins today because I came home from work to find a shiny new Discover card in my mail. They approved me for enough to consolidate […]
My Exclusive Membership in Credit Card Hell
Thursday, March 16th, 2006So, I guess it’s time to bare my soul and reveal just how bad my credit card situation really is. As I mentioned in my previous post about financial troubles, I’ve let myself get somewhat complacent over the past 2-3 years and we had some recent unexpected (large) expenses due to our home construction project.
Anyway… […]
Financial Troubles Can Hit Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006If you read my article, “How a Trailer Park Changed My Life“, then you already have a pretty good idea that I’m just as human as anyone else. Back in 2003 when we moved into the modular home, things were starting to go downhill a bit financially and we were making attempts to remedy it. […]