Whenever I receive an unexpected sum of money, I divide it into four. A quarter goes to random spending (usually clothes), a quarter goes to charity, a quarter goes to savings, and another quarter goes to the mortgage principal. This is in addition to the extra principal payments we make each month. This is a… [Read More]
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Big life? Small life? Interesting life? Good life?
It’s the start of a new year, and I’m approaching it the same way everyone else does: scheduling workouts, buying aspirational produce, setting targets for work, and thinking about where to go for a family vacation. What to do, what to do! Because there is so much to do! This world is filled with amazing… [Read More]
The Onion A.V. Club’s New Money Column
The lovely and talented Nathan Rabin has started a new column on the Onion’s A.V. Club called Money Matters, in which he interviews different creative people about art and commerce, financial failure and professional failure. It’s really interesting. Bankrate.com has a similar feature, Celebrity Money, that looks at different ways that different stars make and spend… [Read More]
End of the Semester Stress Busters
UIC’s student wellness center has compiled a set of online stress-busting activities, in case you need some. I’m giving a final today, with plenty of stressed students.
