Category: Behavioral Economics
Go Curry Cracker is Making Me Crackers!
Last week wasn’t good. First, two of my favorite bloggers, Steve and Courtney of Think $ave Retire were featured in Forbes. Early retirement for them will mean selling their two homes, buying an RV, and traveling the country. Forbes found this very intriguing, and so do I. “Damn it,” I said to myself. “I want to do that.”…
Secrets of the Weird-Wealthy (Or Would You Rather be Normal-Poor?)
Mr. Groovy and I got out of debt (including our mortgage) almost ten years ago. As Dave Ramsey would say, we are freaking WEIRD! We’re weird because we don’t follow the money rituals of the Normal-Poor folk, whose habits revolve around those of their Normal-Poor friends. We are part of the Weird-Wealthy sect. Which would…
My New Year’s Resolution: Become A Better Investor
For the last few years I’ve been making New Year’s resolutions. I don’t know why. They really don’t make sense. If you want to change something in your life, you don’t need an arbitrary date in the future to begin the transformation. You just begin the day you decide to change things. But in any…
Real Adults Plan For Death
Anyone can reach chronological adulthood. You celebrate your 18th birthday and whoopee! But real adults know adulthood comes with responsibilities, such as protecting themselves and their loved ones from worst case scenarios (sh*t does happen, after all). And what is worse than death, aside from public speaking? Real adults, then, don’t shy away from their…
Five Things That Are More Hype Than Substance
When it comes to personal finance, most of us are our own worst enemies. We save too little and spend too much. Our priorities are royally screwed-up. A big reason why we spend ourselves into debt-slavery is because we want to have what the cool people say we should have. In other words, we’re very…