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The GRS Garden Project: April Update

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities During 2008, my wife and I are tracking how much time and money we spend growing...

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Tags: food, frugality, house and home, tale of two cities
Reader Success Story: To Wii or Not to Wii?

I received another great e-mail yesterday describing a reader victory. Joshua has been wanting to buy a Nintendo Wii, even though he knows it’s not the best use of his time or money. On Friday,...

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Tags: choices, psychology, real-life, shopping
Making the Move from Spender to Saver

I pulled out my camera gear last night. It’s been two years since I used it regularly. Before I started Get Rich Slowly, I seriously considered trying to become a professional photographer. But...

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Tags: choices, hints and tips, money hacks, psychology
The Best of Get Rich Slowly: April 2008

Ah, April. It was a fine month. Get Rich Slowly was named most inspirational personal finance blog by Money magazine, I conducted a couple of interviews, and I made my first public presentation about...

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Tags: administration
Ask the Readers: “Help! I’m Living on Credit!”

Jason sent me a question yesterday that neatly encapsulates a lot of the mail I receive, as well as rounding up some of the topics we’ve been discussing this week regarding life after school....

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Tags: ask the readers, choices, debt
Daily Links: Twitterpated Edition

I’m simultaneously an early adopter and the last one to the party. I signed up for a Twitter account long ago, but never did anything with it. I didn’t see the point. Now, though, it...

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Tags: spare change
Life After School: Advice for New Graduates

On Tuesday evening I gave my first-ever presentation about personal finance. I spoke to a group of about 70 graduating seniors from Western Oregon University. My talk went okay. It wasn’t...

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Tags: basics, career, choices, self-improvement
Save Money on Food with the Sixty Minute Plan

Kris at Cheap Healthy Good recently wrote how 60 minutes a week can save hundreds of dollars on food. This kind of stuff never occurred to me in my early ‘20s, and The Boyfriend and I are much better...

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Tags: food, frugality, money hacks, planning
Trading Stocks: How Do I Find Good Stocks?

This is a guest post from John Forman from The Essentials of Trading. Forman is the author of a book by the same name. He has been a trader of the stock and other markets for over 20 years, and is a...

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Tags: investing, thomson
Daily Links: Deal or No Deal Edition

I’ve received several questions about credit cards recently, and have been struggling with how to handle them. When I started Get Rich Slowly two years ago, I was firmly in the anti-credit card...

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Tags: spare change
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