Author name: Joan

Don’t Let the Little Things Blow Your Holiday Gift Budget

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. Shh… don’t tell. My teenage daughter is getting, essentially, one Christmas present this year – an iPod Touch. My mom and my husband are also each getting one specific, useful gift. (But, unlike my teenager, they sometimes read MvD, …

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Does Your Clutter Survive the Disaster Evacuation Test?

[share_sc] Note: This is a guest post by Ivan Chan. Ivan is the creator of Wealthy Without Worry, a Star Wars fan and a martial artist. In his latest quest, Ivan teaches professionals how to make smart money decisions that fit their lifestyles. Check out what he does here! (You might remember that Ivan previously shared …

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What Bloom’s Taxonomy Can Teach Us About Money

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. When I was in about third or fourth grade, our gifted seminar teacher did something that ABSOLUTELY blew the mind of all the “smart kids” charged to her care. She told us that knowledge wasn’t important. Actually, she told …

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More Than $35K Paid Off: Joan’s Mid-November Financial Update

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. Since last July, we’ve dropped our debt by $10,000 more…  And this month, we hit a milestone. We’ve now paid off $35,201.89 of our original $89,687.23 balance. We crossed the $35K threshold, and by the end of the year, we should …

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What Are You Creating? Thoughts on Banksy, NaNoWriMo and Doing What You Love

[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. I don’t believe in coincidence or luck, but I do believe that sometimes things come together in a way that can only be considered amazing. Call it God… call it the stars aligning… call it fate… whatever you believe …

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