It’s all in how you see it Ok….so I’m not “poor poor”, but I’ve been feeling poor lately. That is largely because of my wife’s furloughed job, with small prospects of coming back, and the increased competition in the job market, should either of us want to earn a salary again. These kind of changes […]
Favorite app as a non-app person
What is a non-app person? “Favorite app” is really an elusive term. Even as an “IT guy” for more than 20+ years, I am often wary of technology and forever concerned about the security of my data and devices. When everyone started saying “there’s an app for that!” I kind of felt like I was […]
How do childhood money lessons affect us?
Long time ago I remember it like it was yesterday. I was about 7 years old and was sitting there on our large oval living room rug watching Saturday baseball with my Dad. We were probably the last people in our neighborhood to upgrade to a color TV and I was loving it. Those were […]
Finance after 50
Money and FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early) are the name of the game, right? I was drawn to the FIRE community because I’ve pretty much been living my life this way for quite a while now. Probably since I was 15 and had a 5am paper route. Our networth, all in, is over $1M […]
The growing value of your time
When I wrote my post a few months ago about the benefits and savings I could extract from “Moviepass”, I was overlooking an important part of this as an investment. My own time. I’ve been guilty of this before, in estimating the true cost of shared office space. But, with movies, we’ve probably always heard […]
MoviePass extends the man-cave
Let me slip out of these wet things and into a dry martini You could say I’m a movie head. I own over 1,500 DVD’s and have written about how I’ve consolidated them to take up less space. The frugal side of me did this to avoid re-paying for digital versions of these films. I […]
Is the sharing economy derailing your budget?
Sharing economy friend or foe? I’ve been wanting to try Uber Eats for a while now. I don’t even use Uber, or I might have used it once or twice in the past. However, every time we’d drive or walk past McDonald’s I’d notice that Uber Eats delivery sign in the window. For those who […]
The incredible shrinking budget
Sometimes it’s about the tools you use When I built my Ikea kitchen all by my lonesome, the best investment I had made was purchasing 3 small clamps. They are similar to these. Wow, what a difference they made. These things clamp the cabinets together tightly so you can easily screw them together. I had […]
Remembering your early financial life
The good old days weren’t always good What is that saying? You’ve gotta know where you’ve come from to get where you’re going? Well I had a little flashback this weekend, when collecting some paperwork for my home equity line of credit. I stumbled across my first paystub from my very first real job at […]
What I learned about finance from RUSH
Hidden talents You probably didn’t know this about me, but I’m an AMAZING Air drummer. Yup. You heard that right. Air Drummer. In High School, I had a friend, who has since passed away from testicular cancer, who actually was a very good drummer and in several bands up until the time of his death. […]