money management

How Do You Deal With Family Members Who Are Bad At Managing Money?

Posted 4 weeks 5 days ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, General Tips, Lifestyle

You know who I am talking about. Most of us have that one brother who blows his paycheck in a day or a cousin that has no money for retirement. No family is perfect, and we all tend to have a few loved ones who are horrible at managing their money. So what should we do about it?

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Money Management Lessons: Not Quite 10 Years to Life

Posted 15 weeks 4 days ago by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance

I thank my lucky stars (and the patience of my husband) that it didn’t take me quite 10 years to get a handle on my financial situation. At 29, I’m hardly what you would consider an expert, but I do usually only have to learn each lesson once before I’m on to bigger, better experiences. Getting to sleep at night without worrying about money is the ultimate sign of “making it.” Read on to see the 6 biggest lessons I’ve learned in getting there.

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Debt Discovery: The Ties That Binder

Posted 27 weeks 14 hours ago by Jabulani Leffall

Budgeting

It's amazing how many of us are business people -- dealing with budgets, liabilities, profit, revenue and loss -- who make questionable decisions with our own finances. What's even more amazing is that we often don't approach our own money with the same cold meticulousness and objective impartiality that one needs to run a business. But in this case, you are the business. Get thee to an office supply store immediately.

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No, you DON'T need to buy that...

Posted 44 weeks 5 days ago by Sarah Baughman

Life Hacks

Watch your dollars fly away, or realize how much you really DON'T need...

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The Frugal Balance: Staying Away from Financial Extremes

Posted 49 weeks 2 days ago by Nora Dunn

Personal Finance, Lifestyle

balancing act

One of the most underrated financial x-factors in our lives is our relationship with money and the inner psychology of how we deal with our finances. I suspect that it is because it is the most difficult and intangible aspect of money management, and also the hardest to fix.

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Adaptation: Lessons learned from being unemployed

Posted 1 year ago by Lynn Truong

Filed Under: Career and Income, Lifestyle

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Almost 3 years ago I quit my 9-6 job to "take a break." I quit not because I hated that particular job, but because I hated the 9-6 part. It also didn't help that my commute was 3 hours round trip and I didn't get paid well. I thought I just needed some time to figure out what I wanted to do. I was still under the assumption that I should be able to find something I loved to do and get paid well doing it. Hell I was even quoted in the LA Times saying something to that effect. Something about my generation demanding more from a job than just job security. We want the works: good location, cool coworkers, fun duties, excellent pay. I suppose I was naïve to think that I could be different and settle for nothing less. On the other hand, I've yet to go back to that life, so perhaps that dream is not so elusive after all. Only time will tell.

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