retirement
I was employed full-time for 10 years, and my employer automatically deducted 8% of my gross pay and deposited it into a retirement fund. When I first started the job, I could’t afford such a large deduction, but I had no choice. Now...
Some people suffer from a certain form of optimistic financial denial. They look at part of someone else’s circumstances and use that to justify their own way of life, without considering the entire picture. Take, for example,...
My husband and I get a sizeable tax return each year because we have three children and don’t currently have a great income. (I do look forward to the day when we get a much smaller tax...
Back in February, before my daughter was born, my husband and I made the difficult decision that I would give up my income and be a stay at home mom as I have always wanted. My...
We all know about keeping up with the Joneses and what havoc that can wreak on personal finance. When you try to keep up with the Jones’, you spend money you probably don’t have to get all...