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Thank goodness for February! Now I can turn off the guilt that’s been plaguing me these last two weeks. Although I made a sort of valiant attempt at ending the month of tracking spending strong and with complete data, that lasted about 2 days. I conveniently misplaced my notepad that fit in my purse until [...]
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Last night I almost bought a cruise package for next weekend. I get frequent flier email offers from many airlines, and an intriguing one popped into my inbox the other day.
After clicking the link it showed numerous cruise options, different lines, number of nights and prices. A 3 night cruise to the Bahamas could cost [...]
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This is a series following my experience tracking my expenses through January. I’m exploring this cash flow management technique with an eye towards what it feels like to write down every single time I spend money. It’s not that people don’t know how to track their expenses (the nuts and bolts are not particularly difficult), [...]
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If you’ve been on the internet today, you’ve probably encountered big websites such as Wikipedia, Mozilla, Craigslist, and Reddit closing their content down today to protest SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) in the House, and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) in the Senate. Learn what this legislation means, and what you can do about it.
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This is a series following my experience tracking my expenses through January. I’m exploring this cash flow management technique with an eye towards what it feels like to write down every single time I spend money. It’s not that people don’t know how to track their expenses (the nuts and bolts are not particularly difficult), [...]
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I hate tracking things. I’m terrible at it. The terrible stems from the hating part. I actually feel a bit reviled right now just thinking of tracking myself on anything. I’ve tried to track my eating habits before because up ’til now I cannot cook, and my nutrition has suffered; that lasted about 6 days. [...]
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I just paid the public library back $35 in late fees. And I have a bunch of books out right now draining quarters out of my pocket in late fees as I type this. Have you ever over drafted because you forgot to transfer money from one account to another? How about paid [...]
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Call it what you will: retail therapy, a “high” felt after making a purchase, a droplet of normalcy into the bucket of hard times, but people tend to buy things when they’re feeling uneasy.
Am I about to chastise you? Lecture about the ridiculousness of human nature and how you have to conquer your need for [...]
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Unknown expenses come around all the time and wallop us with their unpredictable amounts that we have to spend and their bad timing and their baggy pants and their loud music (dang punk expenses). But there are many “periodic” expenses in life that we are well aware of. We just forget about them as the [...]
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What if you didn’t have to spend hours every week walking like a zombie through the grocery store? What if you could have groceries delivered right to your door? Or have you already discovered the world of online grocery shopping?
I’ve written off this idea in the past as lazy/privileged/silly, but without any analysis of the [...]
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