I’ve spent the past 2 years+ absorbing all the personal finance knowledge that I possibly can. Books, blogs, webinars, conferences, and more – I’ve read a ton on a wide range of topics. I don’t know everything, but I still feel like I’ve hit a knowledge peak.
Hitting a knowledge peak
In some ways, I’d like to give up my pursuit for consuming more and more financial knowledge. I feel like I’ve definitely hit the point where the return I get for time spent has neared its peak. I don’t know everything, but I do think I know more …
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Posted on April 16, 2012 -
Hey All,
Juts wanted to roundup my carnival inclusions from the past few weeks:
Totally Money Blog Carnival at My Personal Finance Journey
Best of Money Carnival at Financial Success For Young Adults
Carnival of Financial Planning at Thriftability
Carnival of Financial Camaraderie at My University Money
Carnival of Money Pros at My Journey to Millions
Yakezie Carnival at Faithful With A Few
Carnival of Retirement at Broke Professionals
Totally Money Blog Carnival at My Personal Finance Journey
Best of Money Carnival at Financial Success For Young Adults
Carnival of Financial Planning at Thriftability
Carnival of Financial Camaraderie at My …
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Posted on April 3, 2012 -
I’m sitting here writing this week’s Spruced Up post, and it is cold outside! The windchill is around 0!
Luckily, I’m warm inside, so here are some of my favorites from the week:
Lots of blogs covered the Suze Orman debit card saga this week, but Eric at Dollar Versity did a great job covering it on his Facebook page and wrote a great post on Suze and her handling of criticism.
The Happy Homeowner continued her “confessions” series with a moving story about being homeless. I’m definitely looking forward to reading more!
Jana at Daily Money Shot …
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Posted on January 15, 2012 -
The following is a guest post.
There are many different questions to ask when you’re looking at buying . You might ask “Where will I buy?” or “How much will it cost?” or even “How much can I borrow?” These are all great questions and factors that you sort out before you decide it’s time to buy. Let’s take a closer look at these and other questions that are related to buying a house.
1) How’s the housing market? There are lots of different trends going on with housing across the country right now. Prices continue to fall …
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Posted on December 11, 2011 -
Hey y’all. I’m putting together this edition of Spruced Up after chowing down on some great food this week. Here are some of my favorites!
Blogs!
Frugal Confessions – Are We United in Buying Things, or Are We United in Thanks on Thanksgiving Day?
Budgeting in the Fun Stuff – My Diet Can Beat Up Your Diet
Enemy of Debt – The Worst Day of My Entire Life
Financially Consumed – Made in America – Shop Local
Prairie Eco-Thrifter – How to Be a Frugal Shopper
Money Cone – A curious thing happened to my credit score when I took …
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Posted on November 27, 2011 -
This post is part of a series where I “quit” something as a bit of a celebration up until I leave my job. Don’t worry – I only give up things that I don’t like or think aren’t worth the money.
This week, I quit expensive drinks at bars. I’m a beer brewer and a general craft beer drinker aka beer snob. I was legit upset when I couldn’t get anything better than Miller Lite at the Financial Bloggers Conference (we need to work on this, Phil!) J Money couldn’t even get his Blue Moon on!
Luckily, New Haven has …
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Posted on October 14, 2011 -
Now that I’ve made the announcement of where I’m heading from here, it’s going to take some serious work to make it happen. Since it seems so far off, I’m not always the most motivated to make things happen today.
I think the best source is from others who have already done it. There are some great posts out there from others who will not only tell you how they got where they are today, but will also tell you why what they’ve done is so awesome and worthwhile.
Travel
29 life lessons learned in traveling the world for …
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Posted on September 16, 2011 -
I’ve always done my best to make this blog personal. After all, pretty much all the stories and advice on Money Spruce are from my own experiences. But I’m not sure anyone can really say they “know” me just from reading my posts. So today, I figured I’d take it to the next level. I got this idea from Corbett’s post (and enjoyed reading Sarah’s version, too) and I was inspired to share more about myself that you might not know. I’m pretty sure I haven’t mentioned most of this stuff before, so I hope this gives you a …
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Posted on September 7, 2011 -
I’m off on a 2 week vaca, so enjoy these classic posts while I’m off enjoying some time away from my computer 
Most Beautiful Post
This was the toughest to choose, since I don’t use think of my posts as “beautiful.” I’m going to go back in the time machine and choose this post on personal investments. I really believe in the importance of taking time and spending money if it improves my life now.
Most Popular Post
My post on cutting down your iPhone bill has been the most popular, in terms of page views at least.
Most …
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Posted on July 14, 2011 -
After a combination of being bored in New Haven, wanting to meet new people, and a desire to learn more about online businesses, I founded my very own Meetup here in March – The New Haven Internet Entrepreneur Meetup. New Haven is a pretty small city, and there aren’t exactly thousands of bloggers or “internet entrepreneurs” hanging around, so I figured I’d create a Meetup and see who would show up. I’m also interested in areas other than blogging, so I wanted to open the group up to a wider array of interests centered on internet business.
Just about …
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