Archives


Sponsors






Stupid Mistake Rectified

As a couple of commenters suggested, I could call my credit card company and see if I could get the late fees waived after my stupid mistake.  This was something I knew, but something I was reluctant to do.  Would I learn anything from my mistake if I had the damage automatically un-done?

And then I [...]

Stupid, Stupid Mistakes

I made a stupid mistake this month.  I forgot to pay a credit card bill.

How I forgot, I don’t know.  I have two Chase credit cards.  They are linked to one account, so I login once and can see both cards.  Somehow, I set up the electronic payment for one and not for the other.

Thankfully, [...]

Oh no!

Today, I got this e-mail from a friend.

I’m writing this with tears in my eyes.We came down here to England for a short vacation and i was mugged at gun point last night,at the park of the hotel where we lodged.All cash,creditcards and cell were stolen off me.Thank God we have our life and passport.

I’ve [...]

The Fourth Step Towards Financial Fitness

It’s been a few weeks, but I am still helping my friend get on the path to financial fitness. You can read the previous steps here, but in short, so far she has figured out how much debt she has, categorized her expenses to figure out where her money goes, and checked her bills [...]

The Third Step to Financial Fitness

My friend finally came back to me for the next step on her plan to financial fitness. You can find step one here and step two here.

By this point in time, she had figured out her debts and recorded her expenses for a month. As I recommended, she created categories for herself and [...]