[share_sc] The most oft-recited “nugget” about kids, besides that they don’t let you sleep, is that they’re expensive. Calculators exist so you can estimate how much money you’re going to spend on them in a given year. (Oddly, most of these calculators don’t include health insurance which is, so far, the only thing we’ve spent …
[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. A few months ago, a financial company asked for tips on Facebook about promoting financial literacy in kids. My answer? “Be open with them. My daughter knows how much we make and how much is in the checkbook and …
[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Courtney Baker, chief seller and long-time running wo-man of MvD. For several months now, I’ve been conducting monthly challenges. They’ve included writing every day, not cooking for a whole month, calling old friends, leaving yelp reviews for businesses I love, walking 10,000 steps a day, tracking my expenses, …
What I Learned From Gretchen Rubin’s Paradoxes of Happiness Read More »
[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. Can you imagine getting rid of everything you own except for what fits in one backpack, and making $6,000 selling stuff you no longer need on eBay? For Luther Cale, selling his crap became the key that would open …
Luther’s Success Story: Selling $6,000 in Crap and Taking One Backpack to South America Read More »
[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. Remember how I said last month that we needed to come up with $7,104 for the IRS before April 15? And remember how I said I wasn’t going to take on new debt to do it – and, in fact, …
It’s Amazing What You Can Do When You Hustle: Joan’s Mid-March Financial Update Read More »
[share_sc] Note: This is a post from Joan Concilio, Man Vs. Debt community manager. Read more about Joan. As part of our quest to come up with $7,100 for the IRS before April 15, my husband and I decided to cash out a 529 account we’d set up for our daughter’s education expenses. We pulled $2,500 out of …
Are 401(k) and 529 Plans a Good Idea When You’re In Debt? Read More »
