It's 2012 and everything is online. You can shop for shoes. You can balance your budget. And you can chat with China. It's unnecessary to say that the web has made our lives easier and more efficient. You could also say that we're less-efficient because of the time we waste but that's not the …
Stop Saying You’re Too Young…Or Too Old
I used to spend all of my free time reading books about personal finance and investing - boy, was that boring. About 2 months ago I started focusing more on topics such as finding your purpose and chasing your dreams. I stumbled upon a book titled The Dream Manager, which I recommend to everybody. …
How Not To Buy A House
If you're unaware, Miss Blinkin and I have been looking to buy a house. When I was organizing my life, I made an assumption that purchasing a home isn't too time-consuming. I was wrong. We have spent the last 2 days moping around after we lost a bidding war. Allow me to give you the …
OMG! Facebook’s IPO!
I've been getting a lot of questions regarding "investing" recently. In fact, I've never received so many investing-type inquiries. I can't tell you how excited this gets me. Here's how the conversation usually plays out: Donkey: "Hey, I'm thinking about investing some money." Me: "Ahh that's …
Staggering Financial Statistics
According to Wisebread, there are 750 registered Personal Finance Blogs. One would have to assume that there are an equal amount of unregistered PF Blogs giving us a total of approximately 1500 PF blogs. While this is an impressive number, it still pales in comparison to how many companies offer …
Organizing My Life
Maybe you've noticed that I haven't been posting nearly as often as I was. It would be easy to blame this on life events such as my decision to buy a house but, let's be honest, how time-consuming is that? There are a number of bloggers that work longer days, post more frequently and have busier …
Convenient Banking Technology
Banking used to be an incredible hassle. I hated going to the bank, waiting in line, making sure that your forms or deposit slip was filled out properly, being lectured by the teller if it wasn’t, having to deal with specific hours…the list goes on and on. However, every year there seems to be new …
