I recently recorded a video on financial responsibility for Ode Magazine. Please take a few minutes to watch the video below and let me know your thoughts (only the first commenter gets to complain about the low volume, please). =)
Loading ...Most Viewed Posts
Bloggers’ Faves
- Lessons from Flight 1549
- Your Problem Isn't Starbucks
- The Four Questions of Life Insurance
- How Kids Save You Money
- Top 3 Reasons Debt Sucks
- Top 10 Excuses for Not Saving
- ’Same as cash’ is NOT paying with cash
- How much tax do the Jones’ pay?
- Can a telemarketer save you money?
- Are organic foods worth it?
- Roth IRA vs. 401(k)
Categories
Blogroll
Subscribe to this blog!
Recent Comments
- Houston MerchantServices on 12 Things Every Teenager Needs To Know About Money (And How To Teach Them)
- Michael on Don’t just include that state income tax refund
- Stuart Leven on Don’t just include that state income tax refund
- Valerie on Upromise underdelivers
- jessica on What are your favorite financial web sites?
Recent Posts
- Free Copy of The Savings Solution
- In Search of a Job? You’re Job Search Expenses May Be Deductible
- When Work Pays Twice – Schedule M and the Making Work Pay Credit
- Unbiased Financial Education Seminars Coming to the Granite State
- Switch Jobs? How to Keep the Tax Man Away from (Some of) Your New Salary
Tags
aggressive marketing
Balance
book review
Car
car repair expenses
congress
consumption smoothing
credit card
credit card debt
credit cards
economic crisis
economic stimulus
emergency fund
filife
financial education
first time homebuyer
first time home buyer credit
first time home buyer tax credit
fiscally responsible
fiscal stimulus
flight 1549
frugality
Graduation Speech
grocery shopping
health care reform
homebuyer tax credit
home buying
identity theft
income tax refund
IRA custodian
lifetuner
market timing
michael rubin
mutual funds
recession
recovery rebate credit
Roth IRA Custodian
Saturn
saving
savings rate
Saving Strategies
stimulus payment
tax withholding
withholding
year-end planning
Archives
- October 2012
- August 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
Personally, I found the volume to be quite acceptable!
The one line budget has taken so much stress out of my life in the past couple of years. Yes, the wife and I still talk (often too much and to the detriment of our respective blood pressures) about how money is spent but we both realize that we are doing much better than most of our friends and it isn’t because we make more. While my wife has a decent job (low paying by some of our friends standards), I’ve been stuck doing restaurant work for almost a year now due to the current job market. We own a home and still manage to put away nearly 25% every paycheck and I would not say we “suffer” because of it. Saving is like exercise – sure there’s other stuff you rather do prior to going to the gym but once you’re’ done you feel great about yourself and it’s going to pay off even more down the line.
@Jeff: Thanks for you comment. Apparently, Ode was able to dramatically increase the volume after the original version I previewed – glad you agree.
Congratulations on all the saving you’ve accomplished. Just think how much easier you’ll have it (on both the saving and spending side of things) once the economy normalizes for you – and it will happen. Please keep us posted and good luck!