Personal Finance

Why 2010 Doesn't Matter to Your Finances

It's December, so it's time for all of those lists of what you should do with your money in 2010. Do me a favor: ignore all of that advice. It doesn't apply to you. The writers "advising" you in these lists don't know your financial situation. They don't know how badly you're in debt. They [...]

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Your Budget Will Always Have Unexpected Expenses

I love the end of the month. When I can see how well we did — if our spending was less than our income, and by how much — it gets us one step closer to our financial goals. But that's in the good months. In the bad months, it's not as much fun to [...]

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Change Your Attitudes to Change Your Finances

As someone who works hard at self-improvement on many levels, I'm always mindful of useful aphorisms to help foster growth. One good one is that "actions dictate outcomes, but thoughts dictate actions." In personal finance as in the rest of life, how you think determines how you act, and consequently, the results you get. Quite [...]

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Money Hacks Carnival #80

Welcome to the Money Hacks Carnival #80 — an awesome roundup of posts spanning investing, personal finance, frugality and making the most of your money. I won't bore you with an introduction, so it's on to the carnival! (But, if you're new here, download the first three days of Automatic Finances for free!) Editor's Picks [...]

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Can Your House Be an Investment and a Home?

When we bought our house back in May, we had a number of reasons pushing us toward the purchase. The biggest reason? Our daughter, born in February, was ready to move out of our bedroom and into her own. But in our two-bedroom apartment, the second bedroom was my office — which I used full-time [...]

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Festival of Frugality #192

Welcome to the Festival of Frugality #192 — the best roundup of frugal news, stories and blog posts from across the Internet. Frugality is one of the key tenants of Automatic Finances. Without the ability to keep your spending in check, even a completely automated money management system will leave you in the red. If [...]

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