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Thursday May 17, 2012
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  • Find Your Motivation (117/365) - The Simple Dollar (Friday, 27 April) - Right now, I’m seated next to a big window that faces out into our back yard. As I glance out there, I can see my oldest son. He’s laying flat on his back out there, staring up at the sun. A few minutes ago, he said he wanted to go...
  • The Human Side - The Simple Dollar (Friday, 27 April) - “I don’t know how you write about personal finance every day,” she told me. “That stuff is boring. The last thing on earth I want to think about is insurance. I just get that stuff out of the way as fast as possible.” I was at the library when this...
  • Don’t Upgrade Your Living Space Just to House More Stuff (116/365) - The Simple Dollar (Thursday, 26 April) - When we were first married, Sarah and I lived in an extremely small apartment. It was (very) cozy for just the two of us, but it worked. When we had our first child, we converted a small area into a spot for the bed and the crib for our baby....
  • Reader Mailbag: Keeping a Project Secret - The Simple Dollar (Thursday, 26 April) - What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Trouble deciding how to save 2. Investing in friends? 3. Lending money to family 4. Investing in kitchen remodel 5. Endorsing...
  • Sign Up for the Do Not Mail Registry and the Do Not Call Registry (115/365) - The Simple Dollar (Wednesday, 25 April) - Let’s cut right to the chase and give you the resources you need. CatalogChoice.org is a website that enables you to get off of a number of common “junk mail” lists. If you receive a piece of junk mail you don’t want, you just log onto that site, find the...
  • The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Live Baseball Edition - The Simple Dollar (Wednesday, 25 April) - Several people have written me asking whether I actually go to a lot of live baseball games. I do not. For starters, I live pretty far from a major league team. The closest park is about three hours away. There are some minor league teams in the area and we’ve...
  • Unsubscribe from Charity Mailings (114/365) - The Simple Dollar (Tuesday, 24 April) - Several years ago, we made the decision to donate to a particular local charity. We sent that charity a small one-time donation because we felt like the cause they were working for was a good one. Four years later, we are still getting mailings from that charity. We have long...
  • Contentment - The Simple Dollar (Tuesday, 24 April) - When I was about ten years old, I dreamed of being a major league baseball pitcher. I got a book on pitching as well as some instructional videos for my birthday and I spent most of a summer learning how to properly throw a baseball. That fall, I went back...
  • Unsubscribe from Catalogs (113/365) - The Simple Dollar (Monday, 23 April) - I’m a pretty tall guy with a particularly long torso. That means, unfortunately, I can’t walk into most clothing stores and find things that fit me well. A few years ago, I needed a new suit for a particular occasion and I needed it pretty quickly. So, I went to...
  • Reader Mailbag: LED Bulbs - The Simple Dollar (Monday, 23 April) - What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question. 1. Retirement savings in interest checking? 2. Pain management and financial discipline 3. Credit card purchasing program? 4. Family or financial security?...