So November isn’t quite over yet, and already, I’ve blown through my monthly budget. My method of budgeting is pretty loose. I earn X dollars. Every month, I put Y dollars into long term savings (and make retirement account contributions). Everything left (let’s call it Z dollars) goes into a short term savings account to …
If you read personal finance blogs, you have most certainly noticed that some PF bloggers post their net worth every month and track the increases (or occasional decreases) in public for anyone and everyone to see. While I’m not quite ready to put my numbers out on the internet (I applaud those who do), I …
A Dollar a Day is a new saving plan that I have put in place for 2008. The goal is to see just how much money I can save in a year by taking little tiny steps. There are two components to this plan. 1. As you can probably tell from the title, the first …