My friend Jay and I were talking about jobs this past weekend and he pointed out something that I hadn’t thought about: There are no astronauts any more! That may not mean too much if you’re under 30, but when he and I were growing up being an astronaut was the ultimate “hero career”. … Continue Reading

In the past couple weeks I’ve learned of two discouraging developments. The first was finding out that one of my best friends has prostate cancer. The second, just this week, was finding out that the husband of a former minister at our old church had a massive heart attack and died a few days la… Continue Reading

There are strategies we need to put in place that will help lead us where we want to be in life, but just as important is avoiding financial mistakes. When making our plans, we can project working in a certain career, earning a certain income, investing and having X amount of money by age Y, livi… Continue Reading

There is yet another of those struggling-on-a-six-figure-income stories that came out on the web, but this one was at least a little bit more tolerable than such accounts usually are. The writer provided some hard numbers that gave some credibility to the claim making it, I think, a decent point to… Continue Reading

What are micro-frugality and macro-frugality, and what implications do they have on our finances? Continue Reading

You can be rich without being wealthy. Here are ten forms of "weatlh" that can lead to a rich life without requiring you to have or to earn a lot of money. Continue Reading

Are businesses claiming to go green as a cover for either charging us more or by shifting expenses over to us? Continue Reading

The cost of obtaining a college education can no longer be taken lightly, but you can reduce the risk and the cost by taking the process more slowly. Continue Reading

Black Friday is the perfect day to raise this question. Yes, are you a slave to The Deal? By “The Deal”, I mean any deal! You’re a slave because The Deal causes you to change your behavior, your schedule and your spending priorities in order to take advantage the latest hot bargain. Buying… Continue Reading

Thanksgiving, first and foremost, is about giving thanks. All of us have much to be thankful for, and usually much more than we think... Continue Reading