Archive for the ‘Organization’ Category
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
We just had an offer accepted for a new home a couple of days ago. As such, there's now a flurry of excitement and financial activity going on in our household now, and there will continue to be excitement even after our current house is sold.
Part of this excitement involved ...
Posted in Budgeting, Organization, Personal Finance | 5 Comments »
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Managing a checking account isn't rocket science but it's not basket weaving either. (No offense meant to basket-weavers. I tried to weave a basket in eighth grade art class and it ended up looking more like a Frisbee.)
But managing a checking account boils down to one key skill:
You have to ...
Posted in Banking, Organization, Personal Finance | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
I just mailed out my 2008 taxes this past week. I really hate doing taxes. It costs me money, it hangs over my head, it's a pain in the butt. And they're finally out the door.
My mother-in-law today recounted a statement that the pastor at one of her previous churches ...
Posted in Organization, Taxes | 3 Comments »
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
"Turn up the signal; wipe out the noise." -Peter Gabriel
Too many of my projects are laughing at me. Here's how I'm trying to shut them up.
The analogy is signal processing. With only a few important projects and sources of information (signal sources) it's straightforward to handle them all. But bring ...
Posted in Making Money, Organization | 6 Comments »
