Several months ago, I wrote an article entitled The Guardianship Question, where I discussed at length the challenges that parents face when making the difficult decision about guardianship in their estate planning. It’s a very challenging thing to think about - who can possibly take care of your children if something unexpected were to [...]

A few weeks ago, a nice reader named Nicole introduced me to the concept of a gratitude journal:
Have you ever written about a gratitude journal? It’s something I’ve started doing and it’s really helped me figure out what is important in my life. It’s easy. Each day you just write down the [...]

Are you worried about losing your job?  With more mass layoffs being announced weekly in a cost cutting trend that started last fall, I know a lot of people that either lost their job or are in fear of getting a pink slip.
Fear of the Layoff
One of the stressful things about layoffs like these for employees [...]

As a techie and former software developer I love software and in particular money management software, including personal budgeting software.  I’ve expressed my extreme fondness for You Need a Budget in the past as my favorite personal budgeting software package.  I thought I’d take some time in this article to highlight my favorite online money [...]