Vicki Robin is one of the authors of Your Money or Your Life, the personal finance book that, more than any other, influenced how I think about personal finance and how it relates to how people live their lives.
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Vicki and ask her a few questions about Your [...]

I read about a woman who saved her $5 bills for 3 years and saved $12,000! I thought it would be cool to conduct my own experiment & see what I could do for the month of December. Up until this decision, I didn’t use a lot of cash, mostly my debit card, but I [...]

I’ve mentioned many times on The Simple Dollar that I enjoy brewing my own beer at home, and just as many times, readers have requested a walkthrough of this process along with some cost analyses.
Recently, I made a batch of porter and took some photographs along the way to illustrate the process. Let’s [...]

I think we all have financial confessions to make, little things we do with our money that aren’t so smart or that we’re not proud of.  The thing is, no one else really knows about our “dirty little secrets” so we’re not accountable to anyone to change our bad habits.
To help keep me honest I’ll [...]