Budget, Goals

Creating a Personal Finance Goal

I love to create goals for myself. I’ve created goals for my websites (number of subscribers, revenue, etc), my health (weight loss, miles walked, etc.), and my finances (debt repayment, emergency fund savings, etc.) Currently, I have a goal of saving $4000 before April 1, 2007 for my children’s Educational Savings Accounts. (The actual long-term goal is to save enough…

Continue Reading

Taxes

Somebody Didn’t Listen To His Own Advice

I’m almost finished filing my taxes, and I’m ashamed to admit, I’ll be getting a pretty decent tax refund this year. I’ve suggested (for the better part of 2 years) that people adjust their withholdings so that they will have more money in each paycheck. I adjusted my allowances, but not enough! I could be getting back as much as…

Continue Reading

Frugality, Resources

Save Time and Money When Shipping

Whenever I need to make some extra money, I’ll sell items using eBay. Of course, once I’ve sold an item, I have to ship it to the buyer. I only use USPS to ship items. There are no convenient FedEx or UPS shipping locations available locally. Here are some ways that I save time and money when shipping items. USPS…

Continue Reading