Life is Not Hard

Over the next few weeks, you will notice new posts that will be under the category “Make Money Online”. After getting into email conversations with users from my Budgeting and Make Money in College posts, I realized there was a huge desire to learn some of the techniques I am using to make money [...]

For all my college student followers, I’m sure you have heard of the Swine Flu by now.  There has been plenty of coverage in the national media.  Yes, most of it is mostly scaring people.  Even with the vast amount of coverage it has received, judging from the people I have talked to about it, [...]

I have written about Top Ramen in the past, but it looks like the downturn in the economy has created a demand for the dorm favorite!
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Since an increasingly high percentage of the active shopping population suffer from overspending tendencies that lead to debt, the number of people that are seeking ways to curb their spending habits is increasing.  When overspending decreases, the amount of money that can be allocated towards debt repayment and establishing savings increases.
Here are five ways that [...]

An astonishing eighty percent of households are spending more money than they make. This means that every month these households are using credit to cover the shortfalls that exist between the income and the expenses. The majority of the money that is being used over the income is used for wants, rather than needs. These [...]

Take a course that will prepare you if you are unsure about your ability to deal with a test. Courses are offered in most major cities and are available by mail or through computer programs. The courses are particularly useful for achievement tests. Although some test makers believe these courses cannot improve aptitude test scores, [...]

Credit card debt can be best described as overwhelming. When tackling the repayment of credit card debt, it is important to create a debt repayment plan. A debt repayment plan will organize the process and allow the cardholder to become debt free quicker than they would while haphazardly repaying various credit cards. The debt repayment [...]

This morning I received a call saying that my American Express credit card was past due and that it was being put on hold. How can this be?
First I will give you a little background on my card. In October I decided that I would like to start paying this card on a [...]

Although it may look like you can’t afford to go to college, there may be hope. Look into financial aid. Get your hands on the FAFSA and have your parents fill it out. There is always a way to get things done, some just take a little more effort than others.

For those of you that reached this page from my 2009 Goals post, you realize that this is a short term step of one of my fitness goals in the new year.  I came across the idea after receiving an email from Steve at www.twohundredsitups.com.  I will also be using another of Steve’s programs in [...]

I am about to give you a look into my thought process.  I wanted to create a nice polished post on my goals and resolutions for 2009.  However, I have decided against it.  I am going to create this post as the ideas and thoughts come to me.  At first it will be some general [...]

The professor walks through the classroom door, walks to the front of the class and asks everyone to take out their blue books. I look to both sides of me and watch as everyone puts their books under their desks and pulls out their blue books for the test. I lean to the [...]