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Do You Need Long-Term Income Protection?
After you have a plan to handle short-term income disruptions, next you will need to evaluate your financial plan for long-term income disruptions. This long-term income protection can come in the form of long-term disability insurance. Why You Need It … Continue reading
Posted in Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Spending
Tagged Disability, income protection, long-term disability
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$234,900 To Raise A Child?
As the father of a 10 month old daughter & with baby #2 expected to arrive this February, a recent article headline about the cost to raise a child caught my attention. The article was a summary of a report … Continue reading
Top 3 Finance Articles This Week
Here are the top 3 personal finance articles from the past week, as selected by your clicks on these articles. Four Ways To Put Out A Financial Fire by Trey (me) at One Solution For Me When I was a firefighter, I experienced … Continue reading
Four Ways To Put Out A Financial Fire
When I was a firefighter , I experienced both real fires and financial fires. As a firefighter I learned how to use different aspects of a real fire to put it out. Through my experience , I found a way … Continue reading
Posted in Consumption, Help, Spending
Tagged Budget, Financial Fire, Financial Firefighting, Income, Spending
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Top 3 Articles This Week
Here are the top 3 personal finance articles from the past week, as selected by your clicks on these articles. Will Your Fancy Degree Help You Solve This? by Dan at 48 Days Roland S. Barth, lecturer of education at the Harvard … Continue reading
3 Signs You Are Burning Money
During my time as an US Navy firefighter I learned different techniques to determine if there was a fire present before entering the room. Since most rooms on a ship are airtight and windowless, there was no easy way to see … Continue reading
How I'm Saving over $20 a Week on Food
Food purchases can be a budget nightmare. Specifically, impulse food purchases can really wreak havoc on your budget. For me, pizza, burgers, and smoothies are three of the foods I consume on a regular basis, so I recently set about … Continue reading
Posted in Consumption, Savings, Spending
Tagged Budget, Hamburger, impulse purchases, Pizza, Smoothie
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THE 5 STEPS TO BREAKING BAD SPENDING HABITS
Anyone who has tried to follow a strict, personal budget already knows first-hand what years of behavioral research has proven: Personal finances are not simply a math problem. The way we spend our money actually has very little to do … Continue reading
Save Money On Vacation
School is out, the weather is warming up, and the summer vacation season is in full swing! Everyone is talking about their vacation plans and sharing their excitement with friends and family. But for those who are trying to decrease … Continue reading
Financial Focus – Is Your Vision Blurry?
Not long ago, I attended a presentation during which the speaker utilized a large screen at the front of the room. To my annoyance, each of the presentation slides was just slightly out of focus. It soon became clear to … Continue reading
