Archive for the ‘Making Money’ Category

Why do you need Plan B?

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Easy:  Plan A can go away without notice. J Money of Budgets Are Sexy was relieved of his Plan A.  He was fired from his ~$70k/year job with basically no notice. The good news is that he was going to give his two weeks' notice the next day.  How's that for timing? He ...

Five ways to make your hobbies pay

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

After you get to know someone for a while, you usually discover something that they do reasonably well -- well enough that you say, "Wow!  I didn't know you could do that."  That level of proficiency doesn't come without a fair amount of dedicated practice.  They may or may not ...

Seven things to do when facing a pay freeze

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

The end-of-year holidays are festive for most people: attending parties, decorating, giving gifts, listening to music, visiting family, eating a bit too much. At work it sometimes means announcement of raises or year-end bonuses when there's profit to be shared.  People may be entering the new year with a fatter wallet ...

Tie allowance to chores or not?

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

The answer to the problem of how to expose children to money doesn't have one right answer.  (There are wrong answers, though, such as "Give the child as much money as she wants.")  One of the points of debate is whether to tie the allowance to chores or not.  Tying ...