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My sister graduates from college this year.  For a while, she’s been planning to finish her business degree and then go back to school for a nursing degree.  She decided too late in her college career to easily switch over, and her university doesn’t offer a nursing degree, so it made the most sense finish [...]

Saturday Links

I made it into the Carnival of Personal Finance this week.  Many many great articles.  I’m still going through the list.  Check it out!

On a totally unrelated noted, if you have HBO, don’t miss Taking Chance, a very powerful film about one Marine’s journey to bring the body of a fallen Marine home to his family. [...]

Looking at the big picture

I got my annual TSP (Thrift Savings Plan – like a 401(k) for government employees) statement in the mail this week.  

Ouch.

My funds are not performing well.  My account went down over 40% in 2008. 

But there was some good news as well.  The statement also highlights my lifetime pre-tax contributions.  Thanks to agency matching, I’m [...]

Irrational Fears

Over the past few weeks, I realized something interesting about myself.  I don’t like to run out of things.  Anything.  Ever.  And it’s not just the things I use everyday.  Clearly, running out of soap or deodorant would cause some problems, so it makes sense to have some in reserve.  Of course, I don’t just [...]

Sacrificing For the Whole

The other day, I was reading an article talking with managers who were cutting back their employee’s work weeks from 40 hours to 32 hours in order to save money without having to layoff a chunk of the workforce.  Obviously, if you’re one of the people who was at risk of losing your job in [...]