Today’s post is from regular TiFi Reader and Commenter Su. Sara’s “Money-Stupid Anonymous” has been moved from Tuesdays to Fridays, but she’s taking a well-deserved break this week; look for Sara right here next Friday. I’ve been living with a frozen salary for the past three years. As a result, I’ve been finding myself increasingly constrained financially. Despite …
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The desire to get married is an emotional need for many people. For some it’s a religious necessity. My views have evolved. I now see marriage as a confirmation of a couple’s love and a commitment to making their joint life work; not just for convenience or wealth-building, but for their future kids and the …
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Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 4” comes from Value Indexer. VI writes about enjoying wealth in all its forms at Simply Rich Life, and about index fund ideas and research at Value Indexer. In the first three parts of this series, we’ve seen that Bitcoin is a new kind of currency, learned about its …
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Today marks the one-weekiversary of my life with roommates. For the past three months I’ve been riding solo in a four-bedroom house while desperately trying to locate good people (to keep my deal with my Mom to pass along rent money). By “good people” I mean roomies with whom I am likely to get along …
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Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 3” comes from Value Indexer. VI writes about enjoying wealth in all its forms at Simply Rich Life, and about index fund ideas and research at Value Indexer. In the last two weeks we’ve seen what a Bitcoin is, and how its peer-to-peer network protocol facilitates a trusted digital …
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In two weeks I’ll be using some vacation time to get away from the office for a week and enjoy the Spring. Lately I’ve been busy and feeling stressed, so I decided to use the vacation time I neglected to use last year. I want to continue saving money and paying off debt, but I …
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Today’s guest post, “Bitcoins: Revolution or Bunk? Part 2” comes from Value Indexer. VI writes about enjoying wealth in all its forms at Simply Rich Life, and about index fund ideas and research at Value Indexer. Last week, we discussed what a Bitcoin is and how you can own coins that you can’t touch. That’s all well …
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“Frugal Beauty: Drugstore vs. Department Store Products” is a post by Adina J in which she takes some new beauty products for a spin. I’m pretty low-maintenance, insofar as it takes me less than half an hour to get ready and dressed in the morning (and more like 10 minutes if we’re talking about a …
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Arrested Development was my favourite comedy series of all time — I watched every episode as it aired until its cancellation in 2006 and it’s the only show I own on DVD. It may actually be my favourite show, period. If I had to retroactively choose between watching AD and any series I can think …
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I have a long commute. The most direct route is about 70 kilometers. Without traffic, it would take an hour by car. Because of extremely bad traffic, driving would almost always take a lot longer than that; gas and parking would make it an incredibly expensive proposition. So I’ve instead opted for public transit — …
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