Archive for January, 2008
Should you be afraid of your debit card?
Friday, January 4th, 2008
Funny that this issue has come up a couple of times today. Both My Dollar Plan (25 Reasons to Love Credit Cards) and Blueprint for Financial Prosperity (Your Take: Why Use Debit Cards) wrote articles that touched on the lack of debit card fraud protection compared to credit cards. I’m a little surprised that people [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in Credit Cards by Eden
Remembering Why I Never Want Another Credit Card
Friday, January 4th, 2008
*update* – I have created a new page (Credit Card Stories) to keep track of stories like the one below in an easy to find location. If you know of a great story to share or have written your own, include a link in the comments section or email it to me (financeandfat [at] gmail [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in Credit Cards by Eden
Personal and Financial Goals for 2008
Friday, January 4th, 2008
I have some big goals and I have some small goals. I write about my big goals on this site all of the time, but I think it would be good to list them here along with some smaller goals for the calendar year so I can look back next year and see how I [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Fat,Finance,Goals by Eden
About this blog and how it earns money
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
I have to admit that I started this blog with dreams of getting rich and becoming debt free simply by writing a blog about getting out of debt. Seems silly, I know. Well, it turns out that writing this blog has become very valuable to me, but in an unexpected way. I have learned a [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in About,Finance by Eden
New Exercise Goal and Plan – Not a Resolution
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
No offense to New Year’s Resolutions, but those just seem too easy to quit or give up on. I plan to kick off the New Year with a much more intense commitment to exercising, eating better, and, as a result, losing pounds and losing body fat. While on my long vacation, I developed a new [...]
