In the past year, I have moved. My sister-in-law has and is again moving. My best friend’s mom moved, and my best friend moved. In the past six years, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law have each made significant moves, I have moved 4 more times, and my aunt moved. Moving costs a ridiculous amount of money [...]
We all feel we deserve a raise, but are we entitled to one. Are employers required to give raises? Unless you have a contract stating you will receive a raise at a certain point, your employer is not required to give you one. Additionally, some people work without ever seeing a raise. The average raise [...]
I would imagine that everyone has at least one money secret that they keep themselves. I ask people to anonymously write down their money secrets at the end of talks I give and share some of the more interesting ones here. This is confession number 48 in the series: “Debt has taught me how to [...]
My brother-in-law, whom I called “a bachelor with expensive taste” in a previous article, wants a retraction. He says “bachelor” is a slur. He prefers to be called “a single, successful marketing genius.” I will call him single and successful, but “genius” is pushing it. Yes, he does well in his advertising career, but he [...]
I once saw a T.V. chef – he had the hat and the accent so I guess he was legit – make an Asian dish with toasted sesame seeds. The recipe was so simple and tasty – he said so, so I knew it was true – that I decided to give it a try. [...]
I have been collecting people’s money confessions at the end of my talks. I ask the people to write down a money confession and anonymously place it in a box that gets passed around. Through this I have found that people have a large number of different money secrets and view money in very different [...]
I just saw an ad for a nudist fish fry in our local weekly paper. My first question was how on earth do you safely deep fry anything while in the nude? Yow! And my second question was, Is it cheaper to be a nudist? Certainly, nudism has its benefits: no decisions about what to [...]
I recently purchased a game that I wanted to check out. My intention was to sell off some of the pieces and end up with a limited number — like nine or ten out of fifty — to use to check out the game. I recently have had success selling all but the most valuable [...]
I collect people’s money confessions which they give to me anonymously and share some of the more interesting ones here. This is confession number 46 in the series: “I spend all my money today because there might not be a tomorrow.” Other confession already listed: The First 25 Confessions Shopping Taxes College Dining Out Artist [...]
For the first day of kindergarten, I walked in to my daughter’s classroom and at each child’s place at the table lay 3 pennies. These were fake pennies, but as our kindergarten information packet stated, they were worth something. Every day, the children get three pennies, which they put in designated containers. Every four or [...]
