Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask i...
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Each Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal productivity, personal development, or business/entrepreneurship book of interest. I was very lucky after college to fall straight into a job that I e...
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Lara from Coffee Can Cash left a very intriguing comment a few days ago on my post about minimalist kitchens: I’m sorry, but I can’t agree with the idea “when in doubt buy it cheap”… If you want to sa...
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About a week ago, my wife said (paraphrased), We use a ton of websites to save ourselves a lot of money directly.Why dont you write about those?You could just keep track of what sites you visit to sav...
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About once a week, Ill get an email from a reader along the lines of this recent one from Leo: I dont know how to invest.I dont know what to invest in.So I keep putting it off because Im worried about...
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Each Friday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book of interest. I figured it was just a matter of time before someone wrote a book focusing directly on the overlap between frugality and en...
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A typical central air conditioning unit uses 3,500 watts of energy when running.A typical ceiling fan uses 60 watts of energy, even when running on high.Thus, if you ran your ceiling fan all day and i...
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In the reader mailbag yesterday, I alluded to the idea that I would only buy individual stocks from companies that I was strongly familiar with and whose products I used myself and not only trusted, b...
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Recently, a young child that lives nearby (age six or so) had a large birthday party at his home for all the children on the block that were approximately the same age (four year olds to eight year ol...
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Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask i...
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Each Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal productivity, personal development, or business/entrepreneurship book of interest. One topic that doesnt get nearly enough coverage on The Simple Doll...
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We only have a limited amount of time on this wonderful Earth, and there are almost countless people around the globe who have far fewer opportunities for a pleasant life than we have.Thus, its natura...
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Ive watched one of my childhood heroes throw his life away to a methamphetamine addiction.I remember him surging with vitality, going to school full time while simultaneously working at a full time jo...
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Lately, Ive been looking at sources of passive income in order to bolster (and hopefully eventually replace) my current income.It is a fond dream that at some point in the future, I could largely step...
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Each Friday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book of interest. Ive always found social issues revolving around money to be infinitely fascinating.Why dont people talk openly about money?W...
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After my recent post on looking at your automobile purchase as an investment, an interesting discussion broke out in the comments: should a car even be considered an investment?A few choice comments: ...
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My first living experience on my own was in a college dorm room, where I resided for two years.The cooking equipment there was minimal - I had a dorm fridge, a hot plate, a large pan, two plates, a fe...
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Over the last month or two, my wife and I have seriously discussed going from a two car to a one car household.Shes a seasonal worker, and during her work season she can take the car to work, which wo...
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For quite a while, my wife and children and I have been planning a trip to Seattle this summer.We have family there and were planning on getting a hotel room, visiting lots of people, and taking our t...
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A reader (Tom) sent in an interesting mailbag question that I thought deserved its own post. Why should I ever trust the content of any site or magazine that runs advertisements?That publication is re...
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