Archive for July, 2009
Weekly Web Favorites – Quotes for Idiots Edition
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
I have a little side project going, called Quotes for Idiots. The idea behind it is humorous takes on the usual, boring quotes we hear all the time, as well as some wacky stuff that someone crazy comes up with. Traffic to Quotes for Idiots has recently taken off so I want to start [...]
Comments - Posted in About, Web Favorites by Eden
5 Frugal Golf Tips to Make the Game Affordable Again
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Golf is an expensive hobby. Of course, expensive is a relative term. You can easily spend a *lot* of money on golf, but you can just as easily enjoy the game with a frugal approach. I gave up on golf almost entirely when I started working on getting out of debt. However, I really missed [...]
Comments - Posted in Frugality, Golf, Life by Eden
You Just Realized You’re Spending More Than You Earn: 4 Things To Do Today
Monday, July 27th, 2009
My financial turnaround began when I realized I was spending more than I earned each and every month. That’s pretty much the only way you can pile up more than $25,000 of credit card debt in a year (that’s about the rate I was going). For me, it came down to stupidity and lack of [...]
Comments - Posted in Budgeting, Credit Cards, Finance by Eden
For Bloggers: Blogroll Link Exchange
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
For bloggers (and other website owners), let me know if you would like to exchange links. I’m adding links to other sites in my blogroll, as long as the content is not spammy, objectionable, and is related to the topics on Finance and Fat. I added a link exchange page with all the details. Contact [...]
Comments - Posted in Administrative by Eden
Lazy Money Mistakes and the Importance of Automation
Monday, July 20th, 2009
J.D. at Get Rich Slowly recently published an interesting article on lazy money mistakes. I’ve made several of the lazy money mistakes he writes about and one in particular just about a month ago that really bugs me. I foolishly sent in a student loan payment late and lost a 1% interest rate reduction.
There is [...]
