Category: General Thoughts

This most excellent advice came to me from a highly trusted source – my mother. While we were on our most recent vacation together, I asked her what she believed was the most important lesson to learn about money. In four words, she summed up the cornerstone of every personal finance blog I’ve ever come […]

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Based on my own experience and decades of observation, I am convinced without a shadow of a doubt that priorities guide how we spend money. To paraphrase Paula Pant at www.affordanything.com, every spending decision you make is based on priorities because choosing to spend on one thing means that you’re not spending on something else. […]

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This blog is intended to be a space for me to talk about my favorite subject – money! I’ve been enthralled with money since I was a teenager, when I realized that money allows you to buy options. Really, that’s all it’s good for. The more money you have, the more options you have…and vice […]

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