Archive for the ‘Organization’ Category
Monday, November 29th, 2010
It's the holiday shopping season. Already. Again. Where does the time go? (Minute by minute, I'm told.)
Two thousand eleven will be upon us in only a month. Here are a few tasks that are worth doing to tie a financial bow on 2010:
Review your health and dental care ...
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Saturday, November 13th, 2010
Getting a grip on all of the financial statements, bills, receipts -- all of the paper, actually -- has always been a challenge for me. Here's the cycle:
The financial statements, bills, and receipts pile up.
The piles wear down my psyche like coarse-grit sandpaper.
The papers get filed slowly because I need ...
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
My wife was online helping me to find a replacement cell phone. My contract expired long ago and the phone is starting to show signs that it won't last much longer.
She took a detour when she noticed that our bill was higher than it usually was, and investigated why. It ...
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
A colleague at work received a couple of 90-day trial membership cards for Mvelopes Personal, so I'm trying it out. Mvelopes.com is an online budgeting aid that mimics the envelope budgeting system. What is the envelope budgeting system, you ask? The idea behind this system involves cashing paychecks and splitting ...
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