As my business is growing, I am adding several more sites to my portfolio. My latest site is a niche site that is aimed at anyone who is considering a career in politics. Politics isn’t for everyone. It is a career filled with risk, instability, and publicity. No matter your opinions, half the people you aim to represent are going to hate you. If you have any secrets, or if there are any in your family, they will quickly come to light in a very public fashion. And you won’t be able to keep anything a secret from anyone for …
Going Political
Here’s Where My Writing Has Gone
You may have noticed that I haven’t posted on this blog in quite a few months. But that isn’t because I haven’t done any writing. Quite the opposite really. I’ve published about 60,000 words on the blog I announced last post. This writing all has to do with personal finance, lifestyle, and my new concept of the Life Rich. Here are some of the best posts that I think you should take a look at: Couponing: The Time Consuming Way to Increase Your Spending The Number One Way to Save Money Commuting: The Fool’s Way of Wasting Time and Money …
Introducting This Is Common Cents!
Well, its been a while since I posted on this blog, and that is because I’ve had something big in the works! I can now proudly tell you that I’ve launched a new blog, called This Is Common Cents. You can find it here. This blog is all about helping you get into a better spot financially, and staying there. Topics that I write about include debt elimination and avoidance, frugality, making more money, investing, and much much more. This has become my primary personal finance and business blog. With that said, I won’t be writing personal finance articles here …
Totally Money Carnival – The Music Fest Edition
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Totally Money Blog Carnival! Below are this week’s entries. They are sure to provide you with plenty of awesome content to read over! I also have my top 5 editor’s picks mentioned. I spent all weekend at the Sawtooth Music Festival and barely made it back in time to get this post ready to go live. It is an annual music festival held in the mountains of Idaho, and it is quite the experience. A weekend of music, friends, and partying doesn’t typically get off of your mind a few hours after you’ve left it, so …
Updates, and My First Book!
Well here I am again. Its been a while since I posted on this blog, but I assure you, there is a method to my madness (at least I think there is). Time for some updates about the blog, my business, and an exciting thing I’m starting!
Guest Post: How Social Security’s Money-Saving Strategies can Affect Any Student
Social Security enacted some strict policies that will be helpful to save money last year. Their most important reason of acting out such rules is the budget that has been allotted to the organization in the year 2011. According to a resource though, the budget was nearly a billion dollars off of what it was that was requested. This has been added further that, this problem has restricted the amount of overtime that are required to manage the operation easily. Therefore, they have asked for budget control strictly.
Classic Money Mistakes to Avoid
This article is a guest post. It is very informative about some of the money mistakes people make, which literally cost them thousands. Making mistakes and learning from our errors is part of growing up; so I’m told. When it comes to our hard earned money however, it is important to keep our mistakes to a minimum, because they are literally so costly. Sometimes we are even aware that we are doing something stupid with our money, but do it anyway! Hopefully the following list will help people to acknowledge and proactively avoid some costly financial mistakes.
Should Students Save Money?
If you’ve read some of my main goals, you know that I would like to graduate college with a surplus instead of a debt like most students these days. Of course, the only way for me to do that is for me to save money. This is something that most students don’t actively do. I, however, think it is very essential for several reasons.
Win my Swagbucks Earnings! $20 in Amazon Gift Cards Giveaway
Well I am happy to report that I cashed out a bunch of my Swagbucks earnings these last couple days, and now have 4 $5 Amazon gift cards that I’m going to give away to one lucky winner. I earned these Swagbucks prizes almost exclusively from using the Swagbucks search engine over the last couple months. If you want to learn more about Swagbucks, and how I make money off of it, check out this post.
Health Insurance in College
One cost during college that many people don’t think about is health insurance. This can be a major expense, especially if you don’t properly evaluate your options. Many people don’t consider this when looking at how much college will cost them, and can make college that much more unaffordable for some. There are several different ways to go about getting health insurance in college cost effectively. Here they are: