We’re a week and a half into the New Year and … wow. Not gonna lie, I did think things would get a teeny bit better. Instead, I’m already fondly looking back and reminiscing, Remember when people only dressed up Continue Reading
Many of my readers are young women. A big problem that still exists for women — young or not — is pay disparity, getting paid less than their male counterparts for the same work. Oftentimes, this result comes about because Continue Reading
I’ve written about this before, but it feels timely during a pandemic when folks might be looking at their financial situations with a little more of a critical eye, to circle back to the topic of personal equity, i.e. basically Continue Reading
Me, again. How’s everyone doing out there? Anyone else patiently waiting for that guy to jump out and say, “Smile, you’re on Candid Camera!”? A new zoonotic disease that destroys modern civilization! Good one, haha! I am fine. And by Continue Reading
You know I didn’t want to write about coronavirus, right? I mean, who needs another depressing headline and dreary report about a destructive, unthinking, orange, thin-skinned, entitled, haphazard virus that wreaks havoc on America’s physical, mental, and economic well-being? And Continue Reading
Today, we turn our attention to a particularly timely topic that afflicts us all, an omnipresent factor in our lives that we not only can’t see and have little control over, but has also caused many a historical episode of Continue Reading
If you have a child, invariably you will reach a point when said child will ask for something beyond what you, oh generous parent, offer them. In our current consumerist culture, it doesn’t matter if you never actually take them Continue Reading
Good news—Christmas is over! Hallelujah! A model of forbearance, my middle kid waited until we were leaving Grandma’s house on Christmas night before starting to muse about his 2020 wish list. Ladies and gentlemen, December 25th—the one day a year Continue Reading
Hey there! Long time, no blog, huh? Sorry, sorry! Winter was coming, and I had only so much time to enjoy my car, ya know what I mean? Also, life. Don’t worry—advances in the art of living beneath your means Continue Reading
One of the occasional drawbacks of running a personal finance blog called Live Beneath Your Means is the scrutiny and commentary my purchases attract. Granted, I could easily avoid said scrutiny if I were to, say, stop posting my fabulous Continue Reading
