We’ve always felt that the benefits of living debt free (except for our house), but the last few weeks have really driven home the importance of owing nothing.  Circumstances at my job changed drastically in the last couple of weeks.  The resulting situation was going to mean a lot more hours for me, and when [...]

I was talking to a friend at work the other day about kids and education and how much it matters for financial prosperity.  He made a statement that really struck me.  He said that he stresses education to his kids because he wants them to be able to go out, get a good job, make [...]

I’ve heard it said (and believe it to be true) than 90% of personal finance is personal, and the other 10% is finance.  To me, this is the problem with all of the geeks with their calculators running numbers instead of getting to the heart of the issue.  There is a lot more to handling [...]