financial goals

I’m Engaged! The (Financial) Journey Ahead Of Us

September 27, 2010

After three years of dating I decided it was the right time for to ask my girlfriend the question I have been waiting to ask for a long time: Will you marry me? And the answer, of course, was YES! While we are definitely enjoying our new relationship status, inevitably we are looking towards the [...]

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A Financial Freefall

September 10, 2010

You may remember my friend Rosemary from my previous post called Funding Our Parents Retirement.  She is a lawyer who recently left DINK-hood to become a mother.  Before Rose became a successful lawyer, she was a successful banker.  When we worked together on the same team we had a co-worker named Matthew. His weight was excessive [...]

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Becoming Self-Employed

May 28, 2010
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Have you ever thought about starting your own business? It could be work that you ease into and do on the side while you keep your full-time job. You might consider having a side hustle as a backup plan in case you lose your job. Or it could be just a temporary venture to earn [...]

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Should Couples Combine Their Finances?

May 13, 2010

In a recent interview, a journalist asked me if I thought couples should combine their finances or not. Since arguments about money are one of the leading causes of divorce and stress in relationships, it’s an important topic that I wanted to share with my fellow DINKS—and get your comments on. I told the journalist [...]

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