Saving Money: don’t be fooled by the small price
Years ago I was working as a radio DJ in my city. Had my own show, a lot of experience, a very good salary (especially since I was working 4 hours/day from Monday to Friday only) and a great bunch…
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Money & Personal Finance: top articles this week (2)
Another week is ending and it’s been an active one, regarding the personal finance blogging. Since it’s Sunday and you probably just want to relax and maybe have something good to read, I tried to get you few links to…
How to disable automatic updates on WordPress 3.7
I do believe that in the past years the WordPress team have done everything they could to get an amazing piece of software and really mess up some of its former qualities. The new WordPress 3.7 comes with automatic updates,…
Debt: 11 habits that will always keep you in debt
We don’t need any studies (although there are plenty) to show us we’re on the wrong path. Most our societies are now built on credit and we think it’s OK to buy NOW the things we’d like to, just so…
Freelancing: The complete guide for running a successful home based business
Whenever we talk about freelancing/working from home, we have 2 sides of the ‘story’: people who are currently doing it (successfully or not) and those who’d try to do it, but they’re still afraid of all the challenges. There are…
Personal finance things my grandma taught me
My grandmother was my first personal finance ‘guru’ and she’s been my real mother for almost 4 decades. Since she raised me (together with her husband, my grandpa, and her son, my father), she’s been very close to me and…
Blogging: Should you pay for comments?
The number of comments articles receive is one of the ‘metrics’ we use to see how successful a blog is. Sure, not all big blogs get many comments, but usually, if you’re doing it right and have a decent traffic,…
How our frugal ‘non-wedding’ turned into one of the best events in our lives
Husband and I have been together since 2002. We moved together few years ago and also traveled the world together, the only thing we ‘failed’ to do was actually get married. We were in no rush, since living together wasn’t…
Freelancing: How much money do you need to start freelancing?
We all know that starting a business from scratch is not easy and it doesn’t only take hard work. Ideally, one should pursue freelancing as a ‘side gig’, while keeping a steady job, which will pay the bills, cover the…
Are we complaining too much?
This month has been pretty rough money-wise, since we had some expenses that ‘happened’ all in the same month (car insurance, the 2 year car checkup, husband’s gas analyzer check etc.). I started October with a nice budget, which of…