Category: Personal Finance
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Always Contribute to Get Your Company 401K Employer Match
As I have been listening to my list of recommended personal finance and investing podcasts, a few episodes of The Dave Ramsey Show podcast stood out. Listeners ask whether they should pay off debt or contribute to the listener’s company employer 401K match. Here is one example of Dave Ramsey’s answer to whether one should take…
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What Is on My Bucket List
Very interested to know what is on your bucket list. Here are mine: Financial Bucket List Get promoted by 2020 to a higher VP level. I currently make 6 figures at my full time job as a VP, Digital Marketing and I am motivated to eventually become SVP within 5 years Pay off my $34K…
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Why You Should Have Multiple Savings Accounts
What is your ideal number of different savings or checkings accounts to have? How did you come up with that number? Based on my experience, I have found that I needed multiple savings and checkings accounts to keep funds organized. 4 REASONS TO HAVE MULTIPLE SAVINGS AND CHECKINGS ACCOUNTS Have 1 checkings account. This is…
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How Many Savings and Checkings Accounts Do I Have?
Is there an ideal number of savings or checkings accounts a person should have? How many do you have? Why? I currently have 3 savings accounts and 1 checkings account. I have 1 savings and 1 checkings account through a college credit union that I have kept all these years. This gives me access to…
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One of the Best Ways to Get An Extra Income
What are your favorite side hustling gigs? I would love to explore new side hustle ideas outside of ebay or similar resell ideas. I have a side gig of buying and selling sports trading cards. Well, it is not so much a gig as it is a hobby. Here too is another money moron mistake…
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Why I Am Happy I Chose to Attend An Out of State Big 10 University
As a self professed money moron (I was and partially still am), attending an out of state college was one of my biggest financial regrets. It would not be a blog without the flipside, right? I try not to be such a negative person and when it comes to finance, you have to think beyond…
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Getting Motivated to Accelerate Paying off My Student Loan Debt
In my 20’s I ignored my massive student loan debt and eventually went into default. One of the worst possible things financially you can do. I went into default only a few years out of college. This is the reason I started this personal finance blog. For cringeworthy money moron moments, give the post a look for…
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Personal Finance and Personal Investing Podcast Recommendations
This post lists some of my podcast recommendations on: Personal finance investing General investing I spend a lot of time passive listening and active listening to podcasts, so expect my recommendations to be updated. I basically leave it on as background noise. I love to learn. When I subscribe to a podcast, I listen to…
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Top 3 Things I Would Do Differently When Applying to College
I made financial mistakes. Cringe worthy financial mistakes. Admittedly voluntary because I had no financial intelligence. Being a money moron started when I was considering college. In my previous post about the top 5 financial things to consider when applying to college, I did not fully provide my point of view. I am a firm…
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Top 5 Financial Considerations If Applying to a Four Year University
What I write in this post is purely from my own experiences. I am not a financial guru. I am not a financial ninja. I do not do interviews or guest posts. I am passionate about my full time job as VP, Digital Marketing. But. I am a money moron. I am here to share…
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A Money Finance Blog – Beginnings of a Money Moron
I am a money moron. I REALLY am. I kid you not. Hear me out. It started when I was applying for college. Apparently I decided during my junior/senior years that I was going to get into MASSIVE student loan debt by attending an out of state 4 year Big 10 university. Apply for scholarships?…
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I started a finance blog. Welcome to my first post
Welcome to my finance blog. Yes, I am a money moron. Really. You should check out my future posts. Check my about me page to get a 50,000 foot view of who the heck this money moron is. I am in my late 30’s. I do not have a family I support and do not…
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