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Do you ever feel uncomfortable in certain situations? Maybe you spend too much time worrying about your debt and making ends meet? Or perhaps you are feeling at unease in your current job and looking for a way out? These feelings can be uncomfortable, but I also believe that they are perfectly normal. When we [...]

12 Comments Kevin on Feb 1st 2012

The benefits of working as a teen Not too long ago, a reader asked me about making money as a teen. It’s becoming harder and harder for young people to get jobs to gain experience and earn spending money for today and for the future. If you’re a teen, how do you get money to [...]

22 Comments Kevin on Jan 30th 2012

I recently had the pleasure of reading “The Art of Non-Conformity“, by Chris Guillebeau. I actually won the book via a book review and giveaway hosted by Dr. Dean at the Yakezie. Thanks Dr. Dean and Chris for giving me the opportunity to read this book! The premise of the book is simple, yet enticing: [...]

20 Comments Kevin on Jan 23rd 2012

Have you ever been trapped in a dead-end job before? Being stuck in a dead-end job can be one of the worst feelings to have. How do you know if you’re trapped in a dead-end job? It depends on what type of job you have and what you are looking for, but few of us [...]

30 Comments Kevin on Jan 16th 2012

The following is a guest post by Corey from Passive Income to Retire, where he keeps track of his progress to retire by the age of 27. With the economy in the current state that it is, it isn’t too uncommon for family members to spend more time working in order to either make more money [...]

28 Comments Guest on Jan 11th 2012

I recently had a post about “When Can You Talk About How Much You Make?“, and I recently followed that up with a post on the Yakezie about “Do You Really Want To Know How Much Others Make?“. The discussion was started when Financial Samurai had a great post about why we should never tell anyone how [...]

16 Comments Kevin on Jan 8th 2012

I recently had a recap of my goals from 2011; overall I did decent, but not as well as I would have liked. I am constantly wondering how I can do better and how I can improve. I’ve learned that when setting goals, it’s better to aim high, fail slightly but still end up higher than [...]

22 Comments Kevin on Jan 6th 2012

Happy New Year! The beginning of the new year is a common time to make new goals for the year ahead. First, let’s take a look at my goals from 2011 and evaluate how I did:

19 Comments Kevin on Jan 2nd 2012

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

Last week, I talked about the three stages of financial despair. We all want to get out of the rat race, but before we get there, we need to get out of the hole and onto level ground. Financial freedom Financial independence is one of my life-long dreams. I don’t really believe in the “traditional [...]

45 Comments Kevin on Dec 12th 2011

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