Welcome to the Festival of Frugality! This is the 226th edition of the festival and has been deemed the Earth Week 2010 Edition in honor of Earth Day on the 22nd. There’s a lot of frugality to read today, so let’s get right to it.
The stars of our show this week are the articles that [...]
I dislike getting a refund from the government. I don’t have any good reason to give them an interest free loan, but any changes I make to my W4 don’t seem to make any difference. I keep getting a refund every year. This year, the numbers were really off, because we added a dependent last [...]
When it comes down to setting your budget, saving your money, spending your money, and acting responsibly with money overall, you are your own worst enemy. You and only you are responsible for keeping your self-made goals. There are tools that you can use to help yourself, but the only enemy that you need to [...]
Personal finance isn’t all just about the best ways to save money and live frugally. There are other things to consider; other rules that should be followed. Some have absolutely nothing to do with saving money.Many of the posts here at Beating Broke deal with saving money, budgeting, and living frugally. On many occasions I [...]
Well, it’s more like Earth Week at Amazon. They opened it up today and it’s pretty nice, if you’re trying to do as much as you can to go green. They’ve got some links on different things that you can do to go green and have a smaller footprint. They’re not essays, but you might [...]
I’ve been thinking about this for quite some time, but today’s post from DoughRoller with A Dead Simple Alternative to CD Laddering was the icing on the proverbial cake. And I think that DoughRoller is right. Or at least, what DR says is in line with what I’ve been thinking too.
Here’s the basics. A CD [...]
Maybe it’s just because of the impending spring-like weather. But, it seems like I’ve seen a large number of fitness related posts on many of the personal finance sites that I read. Which made me pose the question. Do fitness and frugality go together?
I think the answer is yes. By it’s very definition, frugality is [...]
I have to admit a bit of ignorance here folks. For years, I associated the word Prodigal with the word Prodigious. They have the exact same root structure, only different suffixes. Prodig -al -ious. Whoops. The story of the Prodigal Son should have tipped me off, but never did. It wasn’t until I was reading [...]
Just what is reactive personal finance? It’s the management of your personal finance in reaction to events or situations as opposed to the management of personal finance in anticipation of events or situations.
The best example of this is a budget. A budget is built and held to in anticipation of events in your financial life. [...]
I’m making this post in part to share with you, but also to make a reminder for myself of the things that I need to look into. One of the mistakes that I and many other people make is not shopping around enough. While you may have found the best deal when you bought something, [...]
