This weekend I have been completely engrossed in watching The Crash Course, which is Chris Martensen’s best attempt to explain exactly how we got into this economic crisis.
While The Crash Course is divided into small video sections of 3-18 minutes each, the whole thing runs just over 3 hours. We had it on DVD and watched [...]
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The Crash Course
Posted in Goals, Green Living, Inspiration, Movies/Documentaries, Simple Living on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
February 09 Goals
Posted in Goals on February 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Finances
Finish working through Your Money or Your Life
Keep track of every cent that Hubby and I spend for the month
Submit 2008 tax return
Claim all medical receipts from my health insurer
Chase up refunds due to me
Work/Business
Complete assignments for two work courses
Tackle some more in-depth topics on this blog
Personal/Spiritual Development and Education
Document my vision for the future and set my 101 [...]
Wrap-up of January 09 Goals
Posted in Goals on January 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Finances
Work through Your Money or Your Life I’ve made good progress, but still have about half of the book to go.
Update my budget for 2009 We’ll have enough to pay all interest on our mortgages and other loans and save about $30,000. Not as much as I would have liked, but better than nothing.
Submit overdue tax [...]
I want to buy a house
Posted in Financial Freedom, Goals, Happiness, Personal Finances on January 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
All this talk of buying houses by Early Retirement Middle Way and Money on My Mind has me yearning for another property of my own. Of course, it’s completely out of the question for the moment because:
I’m in the USA for another two years so there is no point buying another house back in Australia now;
My [...]
Dreams – a look at life 5 years from now
Posted in Goals, Happiness, Inspiration, Simple Living, Travel on January 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Lately it seems I’ve been talking a lot about nitty-gritty personal finance stuff. It’s not what I had intended for this blog, but it seems that it’s what has had me pre-occupied since the beginning of the year. I need to get all that sorted out this month so I can think more about my journey towards [...]
January Goals
Posted in Goals on January 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Finances
Work through Your Money or Your Life
Update my budget for 2009
Submit overdue tax returns
Claim all outstanding money
Work/Business
Coordinate a function/party for work
Complete assignments for two work courses
Blog five times per week for the month
Personal/Spiritual Development and Education
Read daily and participate in Bookclub
Download podcasts and listen to them while walking the dog
Document my vision for the future and set my [...]
Broad thoughts on my Financial situation
Posted in Books, Financial Freedom, Goals, Happiness, Personal Finances on January 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m currently reading Your Money or Your Life. It’s one of those books which seems to have been raved about on many of the blogs I frequent. Based on the title, I figured it was just another book about how to make or save more money. I just finished the preface last night and I’m pleased [...]
