So, last week, I paid off the remaining balance on my school loans. Or so I thought. I made the 4-day payoff, but didn't think about the holiday. They don't process payments on holidays, but they certainly accrue interest. So by the time they handled my payment (late yesterday or early today) thirty-eight cents of interest had accrued beyond what I ( Read more... )

My school loans are paid off. I now have zero debt.

I'm a bad American, apparently.

There's this "myth" of home; the bourgeois, middle class, "American Dream" of owning your own home. It's this abstract idea that basically breaks down residence into two categories: (a space you own == home)(everything else != home ( Read more... )

So, one of my goals for the year, financially, is to make 10% of my salary again through other things. This includes any bonuses or raises I earn, as well as investment income and side work. Well, I just found out my bonus for the year- not too shabby (I'm going to invest every penny). It was basically half a paycheck. Tack that on with my employer ( Read more... )

Minna and I transfered most of our savings into a variety of mutual funds. We've both got 401Ks through work that we contribute to, but we had put together a house fund that we've decided not to use (yet). So, while we bide our time and continue to save, we want to put our money to work ( Read more... )

Minna and I were doing taxes yesterday (big refund this year!). When I was in high school, when money was at its tightest my family was making so little that I was able to get school lunch for $0.25. At the time, that was itself a little strange for me. Earlier, in elementary school, I had the distinction of being one of the few that had to pay ( Read more... )