I just finished sending a payment to my automobile insurance company. As with most things related to “personal finance”, sending the payment got me to thinking about the blog. I realized that I’ve never written a post specifically about the types of insurance I have. So, here goes: Health Insurance: My wife is an educator, so our entire family is…
Guest Posts And This Week’s Personal Finance Carnivals
Two of my favorite personal finance bloggers, Nickel (from Five Cent Nickel) and Ben (from Money Smart Life) have taken a few days off, and I wrote guest posts for their sites. I wrote about The U-Turn: How My Debt Reduction Journey Began for Five Cent Nickel. I wrote about Swinging Away At Personal Finance for Money Smart Life. —…
Baby Steps Rock But It’s Also Fun To Crawl And Run
I’m a huge fan of Dave Ramsey and his “Baby Steps” (pdf). I love the way that he sets out seven, basic steps for debt reduction, retirement, and financial security. Personally, I think that the most important Baby Steps are the first two: Have a $1000 mini-emergency fund and then use a debt snowball to payoff your debts. But, I…