Posted in Saving and Investing, Financial Management, Debt on Dec 3rd, 2006 3 Comments »
Accepting debt and learning how to conquer it
One day it dawned on me that I was in some pretty nasty debt due to a car and student loan- to the tune of over $15,000. I also began to realize that I wouldn’t achieve true financial stability or spiritual peace of mind until I was free […]
Posted in Saving and Investing, Financial Management on Nov 24th, 2006 10 Comments »
How simple and compounding interest impacts your wealth
Do you remember tuning out in business class when your teacher was giving you the basic information on how interest rates affect our loans and investments? Now it’s time to re-evaluate what we’ve all ready learned but failed to truly appreciate because we were pre-occupied with calculating our Friday night soiree instead of our math equations. Let’s revisit some basics to learn small ways on how to let our money work for us, starting with a look at simple interest.
Posted in Saving and Investing, Financial Management, Online Bank Savings Accounts on Nov 22nd, 2006 3 Comments »
I’m about to head out and help my family with their dinner preparations, but I thought I would leave this pondering thought with you all.
Baby Step #3 - Receiving grants are a great way to start the holiday!
My university grants for this semester have finally arrived in the mail.
There is nothing quite as liberating as […]
Posted in Saving and Investing, Financial Management on Nov 20th, 2006 1 Comment »
Financing and philosophical inquiry, complementary forces?
Baby Step #2 - “A penny saved is a penny earned”
It occurred to me today how callously my former self would toss a penny on the ground without giving it another thought. Currently I’m in a mass-cleaning mission to clear away unwanted clutter, and I’ve been truly amazed at how […]
