The State of the Stash – January 2019

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry (I am actually a few weeks late on this one).  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.  Continue reading “The State of the Stash – January 2019”

I’ll Have What He’s Having – Behavioral Personal Finance

Behavioral Finance Tricks I Use on Myself

So, I have not written a ton about personal finance topics on this blog. In my mind, I am kind of holding off on those topics until and unless I am able to accumulate a significant amount of financial assets and reach “financial independence.” If there is an interest in more discussion of these sorts of topics, drop me a comment and I will try and oblige.

A few weeks ago, Daniel Egan who is with Betterment (a robo-advisor) shared a recent post he published on the Betterment blog. By the way, Egan is a good follow on twitter (@daniel_egan). The post was about how he uses lessons from behavioral science to help him manage his personal finances.

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