Egotrage Update: Not Too Humble to Rumble

Update: Mrs. Groovy here. Mr. Groovy’s post, Egotrage: Taking a Step Back Socially to Advance Two Steps Financially, advanced to round 3 in the Rockstar Rumble. Thank you to all who voted.  The Rockstar Rumble is a friendly competition among personal finance bloggers, hosted by—you guessed it—Rockstar Finance! It’s sponsored by Mediavine.   Back in December …

Egotrage: Taking a Step Back Socially to Advance Two Steps Financially

I remember the feeling of dread when I signed up for my first two graduate school courses at Baruch College in 1997. Those two courses would cost me roughly $1,200. Throw in the cost of the Long Island Railroad and books and my first semester in grad school was going to add $1,800 to my …