other people’s money

Does anyone else feel distinctly uncomfortable when other people talk about money?
I don’t mean people making bad money decisions, as much as people that make a lot less money that you do. For example, I earn a reasonable amount of money, pretty much the market rate in a good but not especially lucrative field - [...]

I won, I won

I won the book giveaway at living behind the curve.
Its a copy of Robert Kioysaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad so I’m reasonably certain that not many people wanted it. I’m delighted to be getting it because:

its a book and I love books
its about personal finance, which I like
it means that I’ve won a competition
it keeps [...]

debt reduction is in the mind

I don’t normally write about debt reduction as its not a topic that I have personal experience with (technically, I have a positive net worth) however, prompted by NCN I thought I’d share something I have learnt about reducing debt.
Reducing debt is all in the mind.
One of my siblings left college a few years ago. [...]