It’s Called Currency

This one is for folks who have a real problem with impulse control. You know who you are, even if you won’t admit it out loud to anyone else. You’ve got credit card balances that are beyond your ability to keep up with the minimum monthly payments, or they’re rapidly approaching it. You believe that any available credit on your card(s) is as good as cash and you’ve just got to spend it. (If you pay off your credit cards each month, never carrying a balance on them, feel free to disregard this post, or keep reading if you think there’s someone else that this may help.) [Read more →]

Tags: credit, Thursday Task by Julie Ann Dunn
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It’s Thanksgiving Day in the United States, and in homes throughout the country, families and friends will gather to feast on turkey and ham and all the glorious “fixin’s” that are traditionally served on this day. They will enjoy food and companionship in groups small and large, some quietly, others in chaos. And many will take the time to reflect on what they are thankful for.

What are you thankful for? Not just in terms of money and stuff, but in your life? [Read more →]

Tags: current events, giving, Thursday Task by Julie Ann Dunn
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Many people have never taken the time to calculate their net worth. For some, it is because they believe only the rich do that sort of thing. For others, they think that their net worth says something about their personal value as individuals in the world, that it’s some sort of judgment about whether or not they are worthwhile people. Neither of these beliefs is true.

Your net worth is [Read more →]

Tags: education, priorities, Thursday Task by Julie Ann Dunn
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I’ve heard before that you should photocopy everything in your wallet as a “backup” technique should it be stolen. Of course, there are privacy issues with photocopies made on copiers that have hard drives, and legal constraints on whether or not you can create color copies at 100% of certain types of ID. Here’s what I recommend: [Read more →]

Tags: credit reports, identity theft, priorities, Thursday Task by Julie Ann Dunn
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