Archive for January, 2008

Developing Your System: Making Your Financial Success a Habit

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Although I have been blogging about my finances for a relatively short period of time I have been following my credit card debt since July of 2005. I have found that an often overlooked key to success is the development of a system that works for you. How do you keep your money in your [...]

Financial Plan 2008

Monday, January 21st, 2008

After watching the angst on Wall Street for the first two weeks of this year, I can take some solace in the fact that our family enters 2008 on a much better financial foundation than when we started 2007. We have eliminated all of our high interest debt on both our credit cards and school [...]

Monthly Update: December 2007(-$47,635.15, +$1,817.91)

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

We managed to finish our first year on a positive note posting a $1,817.91 gain in our net worth which brought our total gain for the year to just over $41,000 dollars. Over the course of the past year we managed to maintain positive growth in 10 out of the 12 months. The majority of [...]