Merit Badge Parenting
Last week, I wrote about the "merit badge mindset" -- how we could give ourselves the satisfaction of external rewards and validation for things that …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Someone else’s budget
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young man (or woman) in possession of a desire to better his finances must soon be in …Read More
Books! Plus my fiction problem
UPS delivered a most delightful looking book to my doorstep today; see photo at left. Yep, the first batch of All the Money in the …Read More
The Gladwyne Diet
I’ve been working on the project of losing my baby weight for 3 months now. In doing so, I’ve discovered a radically simple and effective …Read More
Friday Round-Up: MoneyWatch edition
My 168 Hours blog from BNET migrated over to CBS MoneyWatch a few months ago. Unfortunately, much of the traffic did not automatically migrate with …Read More
The Behavior Gap
Here’s a conundrum. If you compare investors’ returns in funds to the returns of the funds themselves, they should be the same, right? Well, no. …Read More
The 4-Year Career
Over at Fast Company, Anya Kamenetz has a fascinating article on "The Career of the Future." Complete with timelines of several people's working lives, the …Read More
The Merit Badge Mindset
One of the true joys I remember from 4th and 5th grade was earning my junior Girl Scout badges. My troop earned plenty through projects …Read More
The Joy Budget
In the first chapter of All the Money in the World, I note that most personal finance books tell readers to keep track of all …Read More
The Money Saving Mom’s Budget
In late 2010, shortly after I got a contract to write the book that would become All the Money in the World, I started asking …Read More