When I first went to college, I was lost. I had grown up in a tiny town where virtually everyone around me had started factory jobs straight out of high school. I literally knew no one (other than my teachers) who had attended college at any level. I more or less guessed [...]
Archive for March 24th, 2009
Mar.24.2009
Splurges, Habits, and Projection
I recently wrote about the “connection” between quality of life and consumer spending, concluding that it’s financially healthy to derive a sense of quality of life from things that aren’t consumer purchases. The post generated a lot of discussion (well over a hundred comments), with many readers seeing both sides of the coin - [...]
Mar.24.2009
March Madness Money Lessons
What can you learn about money from March Madness? You can take a lesson from most experiences in life if you sit back and observe long enough; the NCAA basketball tournament is no exception. I shared a few things I learned in my series on personal finance lessons for sports fans:
Ignore the Analyst’s Hype
Just like the [...]