Personal Finance

One of the issues that seems to be brought up continually is that of financial literacy. Money plays such a big part in our lives. It’s why we strive for a higher education, go to work, and build careers. We have to deal with money almost daily — earning it, spending it, and saving it. […]

Readers, I need to tell you a story. It’s about a friend of mine, named Sam. I’ve known Sam for decades — since we were high school freshman together, actually. Unfortunately, Sam has never quite learned what it means to “live within your means.” Or, to say in inversely, Sam consistently lives well beyond his […]

Smartphones have become so much more than simply being a mobile phone. Today, we use them for a lot more than making calls and sending texts (actually, who even makes actual phone calls anymore, anyway?). Our devices have become so advanced that they have replaced many physical items we used to depend on. One of […]

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius Personal finance is surprisingly simple. Live below your means. Invest for the long term. Keep at it. Prosper. Yet, we instinctively want to complicate the process because we can’t trust that something so important can be so simple. I mean, how can […]