Net Worth Update

I’m not going to update the save-o-meters until the end of the month, but my credit card payment has already been processed. My balance is now down to $1,058. I’m so tantalizingly close to paying it all off! About a year and a half ago I wiped out my credit card debt and I’m so [...]

Charitable Giving: How Much to Give?

In my line of work, I review a lot of grant applications. This gets me thinking a lot about charities, and the many different options I have for charitable giving. This is probably the first year of my life that I’ve really had enough income to think seriously about planning my giving.
I’ve tried to [...]

How Exercise Can Save You Money

I’ve read plenty of posts on how a healthy diet can lead to a healthy wallet. I liked Millionster’s three-part post “How I Lost Weight and Gained Control” for an interesting take on how to get into the habit of bringing your lunch to work and how to cut grocery costs. It’s very [...]

2008 Goals

Although it’s already March, I did set financial goals at the beginning of 2008. My goals are:
1) Fully fund my Roth IRA. In 2007, I contributed about $3,500. My January, February, and March contributions all counted towards 2007, so beginning in April, I’ll be making my 2008 Roth contributions. I recently bumped my automatic contributions [...]

Diving in to the Personal Finance Blogosphere

I’ve been reading personal finance blogs very regularly for several months now. Lately the little voice in my head saying, “I can do this!” has grown loud enough that I’ve ventured over to WordPress to give it a try.
I am obsessed with personal finance. Yet, I’ve read very few pf books. The [...]