Goals

Working on Moving To New York City

March 5, 2012

Good Morning DINKS. I think that many of us would agree that the main factor of achieving success towards any goal is to make a plan.  If you have ever worked towards achieving a personal or financial goal then you definitely know what I’m talking about. Once we have a clear path on how we [...]

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Friday Roundup: Goals, Resolutions, & Personal Success

December 23, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  It’s almost the end of the year and that means it’s time to start setting our Personal Goals and Resolutions for the New Year.  What do you want to accomplish or achieve in 2011? As usual I want to learn how to cook.  I am proud to say that since I set [...]

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Friday Roundup: Setting & Achieving Our Goals

August 26, 2011

Happy Friday DINKS. Today we are discussing our personal financial goals.  What is our point in life without goals? If you didn’t wake up everyday for a purpose then what would your purpose be? Check out these great posts from around the web about our personal financial goals: Get Rich Slowly writes an inspiring post for [...]

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Financial Truth or Dare

August 2, 2011

Good Morning DINKS! For those of you who are following us on Twitter @dinks_finance you know that we have started Financial Truth or Dare game.  Every so often we ask you to be honest about your finances, or we dare you to try something outrageous with your money.  It’s fun and it lets us try [...]

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Improving Our Finances

February 22, 2011

US News recently published an article titled “50 Ways to Improve Your Finances in 2011”. It discusses 50 different ways to help us save, spend less, and earn more in the New Year.  Maybe our finances are not so great and they need to be improved, or maybe our finances are already good and we [...]

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Working Out on a Budget

January 31, 2011

We are now at the end of January.  It’s time to check in on our New Year’s Resolutions.  Was your New Year’s Resolution to work out, to lose weight, or to live a healthier life? If so, how is that going? Are you working out for 30 minutes 4 times a week? Are you watching [...]

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My New Year’s Resolution is to Want Less.

January 24, 2011

A few months ago I met Regan in my neighbourhood Starbucks.  Regan lives a very simple life that is not focused around, or ruled by money.  His extreme minimalist lifestyle has made me re-evaluate everything in my materialistic lifestyle.  I live in a world that is completely ruled by money. This is mostly because I [...]

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December 31st… It’s time for a New Year’s Resolution

December 31, 2010

It’s December 31, and it’s time to make another New Year’s Resolution. Think back to your resolution last year. Did you achieve your New Year’s Resolutions? Did you make a New Year’s Resolution? Now, it’s a year later from the last time we all made a new years resolution, did you stick to your resolution [...]

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A Little Nudge

June 2, 2010

You may or may not have been aware of a little book that’s made waves in the econo / political blogosphere recently.  Nudge, a work by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein (though, one is not an economist), discusses how very small changes to our behavior lead to great(er) improvements in our well-being. For a personal [...]

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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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