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Values Aren’t Always Visible

November 20, 2015 by Penny 7 Comments

  This year, Walmart devised an initiative to recognize the dedication and sacrifice of our servicemen and women with a green light bulb. Lots of green light bulbs, in fact. The idea being that Americans across this great nation would traipse out to the store Walmart, scoop up bulbs, and replace their traditional bulbs on … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: character, debt, designers, judgement, McMansion, snapshot, spending, values

How I Fell into Six Figures of Debt Without Noticing

November 12, 2015 by Penny 30 Comments

This blog post is dedicated to that four-letter word that will make any finance blogger blush, twitch, foam at the mouth even: Debt. We have it. We have lots of it. To be precise, Mr. P and I have six figures worth of debt, and the first digit wasn’t even a 1 until this past … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Save, Spend, Wonder Tagged: bad debt, consumerism, debt, financial literacy, good debt, house, housing, loans, mortgage, society

You Are Not Your Money or Your Debt

October 26, 2015 by Penny 17 Comments

Have a six-figure bank account? Buried under six-figure debt? When money or debt enters the picture, it’s easy to lose sight of other things. But you are not your money, and you are not your debt. If you spend any length of time in the personal finance world, you’ll see people celebrating financial victories and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: debt, money, time, volunteering
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