Note from Bob: Today’s post comes from my friend and Evernote wiz – Andy Traub. It’s overwhelming trying to keep track of the massive amounts of information you are forced to deal with every day. You get email, paper receipts, bank statements and make on-line purchases. You take notes at work or in church but […]
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ChristianPF is now SeedTime
So why are we rebranding ChristianPF as SeedTime? There are really a lot of factors in this decision, but I will try to give you the gist of it. The short story is that I started ChristianPF in 2007 as my little blog to share my ideas about managing money and I had high hopes […]
Best Financial Books for under $1
In the case of this article, I picked out five of the best personal finance books out there that you can get for less than a buck. I wouldn’t say that these are necessarily the five best financial books written, but they are all very popular and have proved themselves to be worth something – even if it is only a buck! 😉
How To Negotiate With Credit Card Companies (And Stop Wasting Money)
A few years ago, when I had over $15,000 of credit card debt, I was often negotiating with credit card companies to get better interest rates. I took a very active approach toward minimizing my interest expense on my debt and learning to negotiate with credit card companies was a key component…
15 Creative Ways to Decorate Your Home for Free
I love to decorate my home. For me it is like having sprinkles on my cupcake. I even like changing things up a bit from time to time. Especially for all the Holidays and with each new Season. Decorations just set my mood and a tone for our home. Do you like to DIY decorate? […]
The one thing I would teach a recent college Grad
You just finished your degree and you are probably looking for your first “real” job. This is the perfect opportunity to decide how you would like your financial life to be. You have the choice to spend and buy whatever you feel like which will likely put you in heaps of debt.
What’s Your Financial Personality?
What if there was a scale that you could use to classify your financial personality?
Financial and Life Lessons from 40 Years of Marriage
As I bask in the celebration of our recent 40th wedding anniversary, complete with surprise readings from each child, child-in-law and grandchild, I can see some great personal finance applications of the principles Jan and I used raising our four children.