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living within your means

Need Budgeting Help? Watch ‘The Joneses’

May 10th, 2010

Are you looking for creative ways to reign in your spending?  If so, here’s a tip I never thought I’d be giving you:  Buy a movie ticket… to see The Joneses. What I love about this movie is that it hammers home a point that noted positive psychology (that’s fancy speak for “happiness”) researchers such [...]

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3 Signs You are Suffering from Lifestyle Creep

April 20th, 2010

Do you ever feel like your possessions are holding you hostage? Or perhaps that you’ve bitten off more stuff than you can chew?  If you’ve ever suffered the pangs of financial indigestion, you may be one of the millions of Americans suffering from… lifestyle creep. What is Lifestyle Creep? Not to be confused with “Keeping [...]

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You Might Have a Money Problem If…

July 26th, 2009

This weekend I stumbled across an absolutely delightful blog post from author Francine Jay entitled: “10 Signs You’re Not As Rich As You Could Be.”  (Potentially counter-intuitive) examples include: There’s a designer logo on your handbag, shoes, or clothing You have a key to a public storage unit It takes you more than an hour [...]

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Rebooting America

June 4th, 2009

There is something oddly poetic about launching this blog in the same week that General Motors filed for bankruptcy . Who would have thought that this 100 year-old iconic American company would not only be dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average but also face the ultimate restructuring – Chapter 11? Having grown up in [...]

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