Social Security is a little like the Internal Revenue Service. If you try to understand every detail you will get so caught up in the minutia that you could get overwhelmed. On the other hand, if you can simply grasp the Social Security basics you are well on your way to having a grip on […]
Stop the Insanity of Christmas Debt This Year
If the following sentence sets off high anxiety in your life, this post is for you. It is November and Christmas is next month. Do you want to join the spirit of the season but the debt from last Christmas still plagues you? Does the memory of last January’s credit card statement set off heart […]
Dave Ramsey’s Baby Step 5: College Funding
photo credit: Will Hale Just getting to Step 5 indicates that you have been doing some great things with your finances. You are debt free, except for your house and you have a fully funded emergency fund. You are also investing 15% of your income toward retirement. Congratulations! Now, and not until now, is the […]
Child Like Faith and a Clubhouse
I had just finished a carpentry project when I looked up to see 8 eyes, belonging to children aged 6,8,10 and 12 watching me. “Daddy, can we use those boards to build a club house?” they asked. “Pleeeeease.” I looked at my scrap pile, which I had considered a kindling pile, and looked back at […]
“Save Up”: A Forgotten Phrase
photo credit: Stevie-B In the summer of 1957 a big black water gun the size and shape of a machine gun called to me from the display window of Livingston’s Pharmacy on 10th Street in Mt Vernon, Illinois. The only water guns I had ever seen were actually called “squirt guns”, probably because they were […]
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