Archives for the 'Finance & Family' Category
Fiscal Fitness: Eliminate Debt with 10 Successful Diet Principles [zen habits]
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Recently I’ve been studying the habits of successful dieters — people who’ve lost 30 lbs. or more and kept it off. And in reading a recent Get Rich Slowly article, I realized that the same successful principles these people follow are the same ones that will get you out of debt and keep [...]
10 Lessons to Teach Your Kids About Money [zen habits]
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Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
I’m only now learning habits that I wish I had when I was entering adulthood. I think I’m not alone here, but if I had these habits when I was young, I’d be pretty well off now.
Because of that, I plan to teach my [...]
Put Your Spending into Reverse Gear [zen habits]
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This is a guest post from Anne Truitt Zelenka of Web Worker Daily and a new food blog, The Everyday Cafe. Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
You don’t have to feel deprived when you spend less money. In fact, you can decrease your spending while being just about as [...]
7 Things You Can Do Today to Prepare for Retirement [zen habits]
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Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
Confession time: I didn’t start planning my retirement when I was young. I didn’t give it much thought, because when you’re in your 20s, retirement seems like something you can worry about much later.
Sure, you hear advice about how it’s much better to start [...]
The Cheapskate’s Bible: The Complete Tightwad Gazette [zen habits]
Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
When I wrote the Cheapskate Guide, I was writing about the frugality I’ve been striving toward for most of my adult life. And one of the inspirations for that frugality was the Tightwad Gazette, a frugality newsletter that was later compiled into The Complete Tightwad [...]
The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips for Frugal Living [zen habits]
Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
Confession time: I’m a cheapskate. Some would say frugal, which sounds much more positive, but in reality I can be a real cheapskate.
I am fairly frugal (though not always), but sometimes I take it too far: I have T-shirts with holes in them, I never buy [...]
Simple Finances: How and Why to Build Up a Cushion in the Bank [zen habits]
Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
Recently I began to do something in my bank account that would have been unthinkable to me a few years ago: build a (relatively large) cushion in my account, to allow myself to pay all my bills at the beginning of the month.
It makes more of [...]
10 Ideas for Living a Life Without Credit or Debt [zen habits]
Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
My dad and I were talking about his recent financial turnaround, and one of the things he said was that he loves being free of debt.
My dad doesn’t have the best of credit, and he isn’t wealthy. He has a decent income, an old car that [...]
The Value of a Parent Staying Home with Kids, and Tips on How to Do It [zen habits]
Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
Last week, I dropped my 3-year-old son Seth Isaiah and my 1-year-old daughter Noelle Cayce to daycare for the first time ever.
It broke my heart to leave them there.
Despite my fears and broken heart, both babies did very well their first day, didn’t cry, and actually [...]
21 Strategies for Creating an Emergency Fund, and Why It’s Critical [zen habits]
Every Tuesday is Finance & Family Day at Zen Habits.
Building up an emergency fund, if you haven’t already, is one of the most important things you can do to help your finances.
But you knew that.
It’s common financial advice, actually, but what’s not so common is how to actually do it. Obviously those who haven’t saved [...]