Education is everywhere. There is formal education like college and graduate school, vocational schools, personal growth books, courses, seminars, and much more. There are so many choices—it can be confusing and overwhelming. Many people end up going to college but then stop their education after that.
You really like your job and don’t want to leave. You’re intelligent, motivated, good with people, and have a lot of job skills most employers covet. Problem is, your current position does not pay what you could be making with your skill set.
Alex is in his late twenties working for a marketing firm. Last year he made a little over 55,000 dollars, an increase of $7,000 from the year before. He hopes to make over 60,000 dollars this year after bonuses. Alex dutifully goes to work every morning and consistently gets good performance reviews.
Retirement is often portrayed as the holy grail. A wonderful utopia in a far out magical world. Something to work towards your whole life so you can finally relax in the very end.
I often hear people talk about personal finance like there is only one pathway to success. “Do this, not that” “The only way to get wealthy…” “That way is for suckers” “The only way is to make more” “Nothing else will work”
It hasn’t been uncommon over the years for stories to come out about people moving to less expensive areas of the country. Those stories usually involve someone from California or New York moving to a much less expensive part of the country, tripling the square footage of their house, while paying a quarter of the price.
About 15 years ago I took a big risk. I left a really comfortable life to pursue a bigger dream. I had a job I liked and was good at, a decent amount of time for leisure, and enough money to get by.
I was talking with a friend of a friend a few weeks ago. He and his wife both work good jobs and make a decent salary. They’ve got a couple young kids not quite school age yet. Let’s call them Sam and Trisha.
Over the weekend my wife and I took the kids camping to Anza Borrego State Park, about an hour and a half outside San Diego.
When people talk about money, they usually bring things up like budgeting, debt, retirement, interest rates, etc. Which are all important topics. Not too many
Leveraged debt. The very word strikes passion and controversy. There are two main camps: adamantly for it or against it. Very few people are in
I don’t know why, but the other day on the way to work I was thinking about this house that was listed in Pacific Beach
