Welcome to the weekly Saturday Quick Hits and Weekend Reading post! Quick Hits Blizzard! Well it snowed and snowed…and snowed some more last Sunday. Because of the foot-plus of snow and the embarrassing/nonexistent cleanup effort by our Department of Transportation, I spent over two hours commuting home on Monday evening. I thought Tuesday would be […]
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Let’s be honest: there is almost always going to be a few things you don’t like about your job. But at what point should you start looking for a new one? Here are five signs that you may need to start considering looking for a new job: 1) Your Work Drains You Almost every job […]
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The following is a guest post co-written by husband/wife duo, Johnny and Joanna. They are a 20-something couple with five years of marriage under their belts. And while they’ve finally figured out the gist to managing their money, they write about their love-hate relationship with finances at the aptly titled blog, Our Freaking Budget. It […]
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Coins. Beanie Babies. Maps. Dolls. Sports memorabilia. People will collect just about anything. The real question, though, is whether collecting things is just a waste of valuable time and money? As a kid, I collected many things. Beanie babies, Pokemon cards, pogs, sports cards, etc. I still have many of these collections, in part because […]
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I’m sure you have heard the phrase “it isn’t what you know, but who you know.” While having a relevant skill set is obviously a necessity in today’s economic environment, it’s also important to know the right people. Networking can help you hear about potential job opportunities, get an “in” at a company you want […]
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The following is a guest post from Pauline Paquin, a French girl who has recently started to blog over at Reach Financial Independence. Born and raised in Paris, Pauline blogs about how she has been traveling the world for the past 10 years, while trying to build wealth and achieve financial independence, and how you […]
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Welcome to the weekly Saturday Quick Hits and Weekend Reading post! Quick Hits It was a good week for me as far as side work goes. I unexpectedly got a pretty big project for the next week and a half that will give me quite a few hours this weekend, at night throughout next week, […]
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If you live in the United States, starting in 2014 you will be required to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. The question is: will young adults opt-out and pay the fine? This is one of a number of economics-related lessons that can be taken away from the Health Care Reform law. Today I […]
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When you are in the market for buying a home there are an unlimited number of things to take into consideration: the year the house was built, the number of bedrooms, location, yard size, and so on. When my wife and I first started looking last summer we had a few things in mind that […]
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Throughout the past year I have had chronic sinus issues (also called sinusitis) that eventually led to surgery. I had a septoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery. When I first found out that I had to have endoscopic sinus surgery and a septoplasty, I was totally in the dark as to how much the procedures would […]
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