December is generally a higher expenditure month given the holidays and tempting sales galore. I would ideally like to keep my personal credit card bill in the $1,000-$1,500 range, with $2,000 as the upper limit. After $2,000, I feel like I’m wasting money because that just seems like an awful lot to spend on things
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Imagine working for 40 years, each year paying Social Security taxes and dying at the age of 62 with no spouse to bequeath. The Government is going to secretly laugh at you because they now get to keep the hundreds of thousands of dollars you paid into the system for free, baby! Meanwhile, if you
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The 2012 predictions turned out to be surprisingly on track with Obama’s victory, a 13% increase in the S&P 500, and a collapse in the social media sector. If you want to know how to become a better negotiator, study how the Democrats decisively outmaneuvered the Republicans into accepting $1 of spending cuts for every
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Financial Samurai 2012 predictions recap is a Financial Samurai original. I’ve been writing my predictions and recaps since 2009. Another year has come and gone. Hopefully, all of you have made strides with your finances and your personal lives. Financial Samurai would be a failure after writing ~250 articles in 2012 if I wasn’t able
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Just like that, 30 days have gone by and my sabbatical is over. I truly enjoyed my time off and have learned a number of things I’d like to share with those who are thinking of taking a sabbatical or are just curious in general. I haven’t taken more than two consecutive weeks off since
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Are you a man if you cannot take care of your family? Are you noble, if you do not have a job and let your wife slave away at the office, so you can latch onto her healthcare insurance, and eat the bacon she brings home? Hell yeah brothers! Stay at home men of the
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Here is my Financial Samurai 2011 predictions review. It’s trippy reviewing my 2011 predictions 10 years later in 2021. But here we are! On January 2, 2011 I came up with the below predictions for 2011. The idea behind making predictions is to test the mind and exercise some logic. It’s important that everyone have
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Here are the top 5 hits and misses for 2011. I started Financial Samurai in 2009. As we come to the end of the year, now is the time for reflection. I generally don’t have many regrets because what’s the point? I’m an optimist who likes to keep moving forward. In fact, I have no
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Have you ever had a period of time where all you did was lose and forget everything? Being absent-minded is tough. For the past four months, I’ve been wondering whether I’m in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease or something of that nature. It makes me worried. Wait, what was I saying again? Just the other day,
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Getting a job is harder nowadays. Let’s see how to trick an employer to hire you. After all, the job market is ultra competitive! Let me share a story. “Sam, I absolutely hate my company and hate my job. I can’t wait for some sucker to give me a big package so I can blow
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