There are two basic rules of to get ahead financially:
Spend less.
Earn more.
The rest is details. And the details are very important. We have to figure out how, in our unique financial and life situations, we’re going to spend less and/or earn more. Personal finance blogging is part of that quest to figure it out.
So as [...]

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So I don’t really have much to say. Instead, I’d like to introduce you to “Creature Comforts,” interviews with the British public about random topics which they then put in a completely different context (you can only see it if you click through). The animation is done by the same people who do Wallace and [...]

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Don’t forget to come back on Monday for the Carnival of Personal Finance! If you haven’t submitted yet, visit carnivalofpersonalfinance.com to do so.
I’m not yet sure what form I’ll be giving the carnival, but I’m very excited about putting it together. Make sure your post is in it!

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This is a collective post. I’m going to start off with the best personal finance practice I’ve run across this year. You post in the comments with something you’ve learned from a blogger/book/friend or something you’ve come up with yourself. Sound good?

As you post comments (or e-mail mrsmicah at that gmail place dot com), [...]

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photo by rastafabi
…it’s shiny.
If there were a true crisis, I’d be much more interested in food than gold. And much more likely to accept skills trades if I had food to sell (or useful items like shoes, clothes, etc).
Paper money is only paper. And gold is only shiny.
What do you think?
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