Some jobs lend themselves to it, other do not. Mine is probably like yours, which a large volume of work and tight deadlines. I'm the only person who does what I do, so there is not backup, When they need my services, they call me. I connect to the company network over VPN from wherever I am and take care of whatever…

which explains France's financial dilemma -http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/23/op…

Which explains France's financial problems.http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/23/op…

I second that. I buy unlocked phones on Craigslist and then go with a prepaid carrier. I got burned by ETF's once and will never go through that again.

hey. Kiss my *ss with your spam

good point on the cars. I just replaced a really old Altima with an fast Audi. I went from hating driving to driving just for the experience that the powerful engine and smooth ride gives me.

I've always wanted to learn to play the piano, but never had a home where I could place one and use it without incurring noise complaints from the neighbors. Where I live now, there isn't even room to have one.

Great point . An emergency fund is an emergency fund, not an investment . It job is not to earn you money, it's just is to be there to handle unforeseable expenses so that they don't mess up other categories in your budget .

an asset is something you own, a liability is something you owe. That should make it easy to tell the difference.

don't forget that you can save outside of tax advantages account as well. Don't the annual contribution limit on 401k's or IRA's hold you back.

my thoughts exactly . It is better to invest early over the long term, and the market tends to go up over time .

yep. This article is about timing the market, aka planning your investment strategy around what your think that the market will do at a particular time . Aka speculation.

my instructions said to descale/clean every 6 months. The instructions worked well, but the vinegar taste lasted for 6 flushes ( running water through the machine) after I was done cleaning it.

I hope that you weren't holding your breath until the romance wears off...years later it's still selling very well.

making a sandwich takes a lot more effort than popping a kcup in and pressing a button.

All of my purchases at my local grocery store with my Blue Cash card are coded as grocery, including Amazon gift cards.

holy list of recycled articles, Batman! Another Spring cleaning tip, archive old articles and write fresh ones !

good point. In my experience, there are times where you strategically need to work extra hours to succeed. Whether it's a product that you need to sell while the market is hot, software patches to fix services that you provide your customer, a high volume part of the month like end of the month/ quarter sales to get…

I think that this sums things up nicely :)

I'm in a position where I'm paid hourly and there is always tons of requests for my services from different departments in the company. I'm always having to decide who's request is the most important from a business impact perspective and who will have to wait in line until I get to them. Occasionally we getting board…