After the big bank fiasco and credit crunch we've seen over the past few years there's been a movement for customers to leave big banks and partake in their local communities via credit unions. Credit unions offer a ton of unique advantages, but they are limited in the range and breadth of services. Using a big bank...
I really enjoyed watching this short video about achieving success from, Eric Thomas, the hip hop preacher.
In the video Eric talks about how hard several people have worked to achieve what their dreams and how you've simply want it more than the next guy.
My favorite part of the video is when Eric says:
"When you want to succeed...
I was just over at the YNAB (You need a budget) website and noticed they offer a free budget book for anyone interested in starting a budget. Granted I'm sure they want you to also buy their product, but the book is a great primer for those looking to start budget building.
The book is broken down into four...
MD from Studenomics discusses personal finance, but for college students and those looking to just start their career. In this quick interview with MD we'll learn about his blogging experience and advice for college students and their money. For more interviews, check out the personal finance bloggers interviews page.
How'd you get started with your blog, Studenomics?
I always...
It's been 2011 for approximately 12 hours and not much has changed... yet, but this year is going to be great. I'm not sure about you, but 2010 was a year for me that was simply okay. I lived in Hawaii for about three quarters of the year, launched Planting Dollars at the beginning of the year...
Yesterday I mentioned that I watched "In Debt We Trust." I think it's worth your while watching it, but a fair amount of it was spent interviewing people who had gotten themselves in credit card trouble. The thing I'm wondering is, if they'd taken a course in high school, or received some form of credit card education,...
We've all got dreams of a better life. For most us that means getting better with our finances, starting a business, or learning to manage our time better. Although it's great to have dreams, they're only the blueprint and without work and action, blueprints never turn into real objects.
With the new year coming up soon and the...
Although you may not have a money tree, yet, a Christmas tree comes in a close second. I hope you enjoy you all enjoy the holidays and for those of you celebrating Christmas today, I hope you have very joyous day.
You hear it over and over again: a higher education leads to better paying careers and financial stability. Now, at a time when even the most experienced and educated individuals remain unemployed after the recent massive economic downturn, many are calling that belief into question. Jobs are scarce and money is tight, causing new high school graduates to wonder...
They showed us that it can be done.
Living on a dollar a day, that is.
Christopher Greenslate and Kerri Leonard showed the world that it IS possible to live on a dollar a day. With the recession causing a financial pinch for everybody, there is a need for frugal living. But this pair of Social Justice schoolteachers-slash-writers took frugality to...
