About James HendricksonIn case you’ve been living under a brick, the Coronovirus is starting to hit the US pretty hard. Its a full blown and legitimate crisis comparable to the 9/11 attacks.
Two things. First, you’ll need to protect yourself and second, it pays to think about how to make some money.
Here is a jar of quarters.
Why am I posting it here? Because it’s awesome.
America worships celebrity. As a society, we tend to view celebrities as having better judgment, as being more ethical, more attractive and more worthy of attention that average people.
In my searches for financial information on the internet, I’ve come across some interesting links on the relating to celebrities and their financial lives. It seems that if you take a closer look at the finances of many celebrities, some have done incredibly well, others have failed and filed bankruptcy.
Here is a personal update.
Its early February. I’ve been tracking my spending for the past 6 weeks and its starting to pay off.
I started after reading Darren Hardy’s The Compound Effect. If you aren’t familiar with Hardy’s work, he is a huge proponent of the additive power of small changes. His main idea is that small incremental changes can add up to significant long term effects in behavior you want to alter. Hardy says its basically like an airplane flight.
It is mid winter here in Oregon and the weather is projected to be 40 degrees and rainy for the next two weeks. So, if you’re like me you’re probably wanting to stay warm on the cheap.
Here are three things you can do to save money heating up your place. These ideas aren’t earth shattering, but they work reliably.
Since it is time to start compiling your tax information, I wanted to share this summary of 2020 tax code updates I found on YouTube last week.
The author is “Mike the CPA”, a self employed CPA and YouTube content producer. His stuff is worth watching if you’re into maximizing your tax efficiency.
If you’re like me, you’re probably looking to stretch your dollar as far as it will go. Well here is a win I wanted to share with Dinks readers.
The story is I got a gift card for Christmas, but hadn’t used it all. It had about $20 dollars left on it. I needed groceries and didn’t want to pay full retail. So, I checked my local Kroger circular online and identified a couple of deals. Then I walked to my local Kroger store and bought the following:
Its past new years and before tax season. That means a lot of people are thinking about how to allocate their money for retirement. You may also be considering how to build up your own nest egg. But, what is a nest egg and how do you build one? Here is a handy definition and some rules of thumb.
Sometimes it is a good idea to periodically look at your expenses with a view to trimming the fat. I had some spare time on Saturday and had at look at my internet, cell phone and subscription entertainment.
Called my cell phone provider, T Mobile, and switched to a plan that gives me the same level of service for $5 less per month. The call took about twenty minutes.
New Years is right around the corner. This is typically a time when people take stock of their lives and determine what they want to do better in the coming year.
If you want a financial resolution that is easy to do, consider tracking your spending. It is very simple. All you need to do is write down your expenses every day for 30 days. I started doing it a couple of weeks ago. Pretty much, I just got a notebook and have been writing down how much I spend and how much I exercise. Here are the results from before Christmas of this year.
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