Personal Finance

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 […]

Getting an unexpected windfall can cause plenty of emotions. On one hand, there’s the hoopla of getting a sudden cash infusion. It’s simple human nature to go wild when a large sum of extra money shows up unexpectedly. After all, it’s not earmarked for any of your normal expenses. It’s just extra money. Can you […]