Smart Reasons to Save, Use and Invest Money

Are We Financial Serfs?

Back in the middle ages and medieval times, most of the feudal European population (roughly 90% or 95%) were serfs of some sort or another. Serfs is an aggregate class name for a lot of smaller classifications, like pheasants and even slaves. Life was different back then, and financial interest of any sort was outlawedContinue Reading

Retirement Rich But Life Poor?

I was reading a few posts on other sites when I came across a piece titled: “To Save Big For Retirement Or Not“, and I thought about my financial strategy for the present and future. At this point I now realize that I agree with my friend’s post… I’m on a path to live RetirementContinue Reading

All or Nothing Blogging

I’ve been sick for quite a while, but I would like to share a small discovery that I’ve made about blogging. Blogging is an “All or Nothing” activity for me! I find that keeping a consistent blogging schedule is harder now that I’m “supposedly” only blogging twice a week versus when I would blog eachContinue Reading

My Almost New Car And Why It Rocks

Not long ago, I hated my drive to work with my old car, but with my almost new Toyota Camry (2010), I’ve been noticing that I now find it enjoyable. While it may seem like I’m over-exaggerating, it’s true. In fact, now for entertainment, sometimes I’ll just pick a direction and drive. I haven’t doneContinue Reading

Why Unemployment Is Likely To Be Higher Than In The Past 50 years

I hate to burst everybody’s bubble, but the workers of the United States aren’t really any more valuable than the workers in other countries where the labor is 10 times as cheap. Everybody acts surprised that unemployment is so high, but we’ve had a jobless recover after 911 too.  I’m not going to go intoContinue Reading