In the next installment of Leo Babauta’s book, he shows us how he got out of debt. Chapter 8 – A Guide to Getting Out of Debt “Debt is the worst poverty.” – Thomas Fuller – It was only a few years ago when I was overloaded with debt – so much so that […]
It’s time for another chapter of Leo Babauta’s Thriving on Less, a companion ebook to The Power of Less. Chapter 7 – Changing Your Spending Habits “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle While you can cut costs here and there, the real, lasting changes […]
It’s time for another installment of Leo Babauta’s Thriving on Less, a companion ebook to The Power of Less. Chapter 6 – Look at Large Expenses for the Long Term “I buy my freedom with my frugality.” – Vicki Robins – Once you’ve made easier changes, you can start looking at the big […]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]
It’s starting to get really crazy in the financial world. Obama signed the “stimulus” plan and is already talking about another one. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 297.81 points on Tuesday, or 3.7 percent, to 7,552.60. GM wants to go on the dole permanently. The plan to reduce foreclosures is expected to include subsidies […]
Another installment from Leo Babauta’s Thriving on Less, the companion ebook to his The Power of Less. Chapter 5 – Make Small Financial Changes First “Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.” – Saul Bellow While it’s important, when scaling back, to try to eliminate non-essential expenses as much as possible, you can’t change […]
Another installment from Leo Babauta’s Thriving on Less, the companion ebook to his The Power of Less. . Chapter 4 – Focusing on Enough, Not More “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi I think it’s something that’s conditioned in us from an early age, by friends, television, […]
If you don’t procrastinate, you can have personal finance expert Suze Orman’s latest book free. Suze was on the Oprah Winfrey show today and revealed her 2009 action plan. That is, in fact, the title of her latest book. You can go here right now to download her book. But you need to do this before […]
I used to shop the day after Christmas sales when my children were young and I was less frugal. I would buy lots of Christmas wrap, ribbons and cards at the half off sales. I never saved any money, but I was able to buy much nicer items. Nicer items that were just going to […]
According to a breaking news alert from the New York Times, we, the taxpayers, once again are giving away our hard earned wages to another group of irresponsible people. Rather than let the automakers pay the price for their greediness, we are giving them $17.4 billion. This move is actually a dump job by Bush. The conditions […]