Archive for December, 2011

What are some of the highlights and major events of 2011? * Osama Bin Laden killed. * Tsunami hits Japan. * Floods in Brazil. * The Arab Spring. * Kate and William. There was some good, and some bad, but we made it through another year! Now the real test will be 2012 — the [...]

6 Comments Kevin on Dec 31st 2011

I have just joined the 30k Online Money Bloggers challenge! This challenge pushes us bloggers to earn ourselves an incremental $30k from blogging in 2012. The income can be derived from advertising, staff writing and blogging. I am quite a ways off from there but this challenge will push me to get things moving in [...]

29 Comments Kevin on Dec 28th 2011

Invest It Wisely will be on holiday until 2012. I am grateful to all of my readers and commentators, and I wish each of you and your families a very merry Christmas and happy holidays! There is also still a day left to enter the $300 Christmas charity giveaway, so don’t miss out! Things I [...]

11 Comments Kevin on Dec 24th 2011

The following is a guest post from Marissa at Thirty Six Months where she talks about getting rid of her student debt and becoming financially independent. It is very unusual to find a graduate student in their 20′s these days without a mountain of debt, regardless of whether they worked through university or not. I [...]

15 Comments Guest on Dec 22nd 2011

A few days ago, we went to the car to go shopping, and I was surprised when the doors wouldn’t open with the remote key. I pressed a few times to make sure, and it really wasn’t working. I then opened the doors, and was surprised when the power unlock wasn’t working, either. I then [...]

5 Comments Kevin on Dec 21st 2011

Back in June, I had a preview of Andrew Hallam’s new book “Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School“, as well as a pre-order giveaway. I have been waiting since then for a copy of my own so that I could review the book and share my review with you [...]

21 Comments Kevin on Dec 19th 2011

Welcome to the 47th edition of the Totally Money Blog Carnival, and the last edition for the year! It will be Christmas in less than a week, and a new year in less than two. Have you met all of your goals for the year? What are your plans for the new year? I’d love [...]

39 Comments Kevin on Dec 19th 2011

Happy holidays, everyone! Here were the posts of the week: Looking for Help? the Yakezie Has a Great Team of Bloggers and Freelancers to Help You Out! The 3 Stages of Financial Freedom Weekend Reading

7 Comments Kevin on Dec 18th 2011

I recently published a post on the Yakezie to promote the new Blogger Services page. A special thanks goes out to Suba from Wealth Informatics for preparing the blogger services and merging in my updates, and for Miss T from Prairie EcoThrifter for starting the initiative. Thanks for being such great members, guys! “Do you [...]

7 Comments Kevin on Dec 15th 2011

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