“Its hardest for me to swallow because my husband and I are only 26 years old and never imagined we would be making this much money at this age.” Julia Dawson and husband Jacob are raising two small children on one pretty good salary near Sacramento, Calif. Their personal finance [Keep reading]
“Something is wrong. Very broken. We are doing our part. We rarely splurge, we never go out as a family to the movies, we aren’t taking wild holidays, we don’t spend foolishly, and yet every month is painfully tight.” Matthew Brada is a software consultant and he is doing great. [Keep reading]
It’s the definition of Restless: Working well into the night, past midnight. Americans have strange work habits. Roughly 1 in 4 puts in at least a few hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on a regular basis, according to a paper titled “Long Workweeks and Strange Hours,” published this [Keep reading]
The U.S. isn’t the U.K. North Dakota is definitely not Scotland, though the oil fields of both create a certain parallel. Still, as world attention turns to its former ruling empire on Thursday, every American should perk up their ears and their imaginations. Could that be us? If the stories [Keep reading]
“What is making me ‘restless’ is that I ‘should’ be able to live on my own. I hate the idea of the very real possibility that I may be 30 and still living with a roommate because I cannot afford to rent by myself.” In The Restless Project, I am [Keep reading]
Here’s another reason you might feel a slight unease, or restlessness – the topic I am exploring in depth right now. People who live in the U.S. enjoy a standard of well-being that is below that of countries like Panama, Canada, Denmark, and Brazil, according to a new survey published [Keep reading]
Do you struggle to live on $60,000 per year? Or $80,000? Or even $100,000? Well, I know a lot of people who can’t understand how that’s possible. This is your chance to explain it to them. Send me your budget, and explain how it all adds up, at Bob at [Keep reading]
As summer comes to a close, many Americans find themselves lamenting the vacations they didn’t take. In the latest bit of research suggesting U.S. workers work too much, the U.S. Travel Association said last week that 40 percent of Americans don’t use all their vacation days, claiming “Work Martyr” syndrome [Keep reading]
Do you and your family live a “normal” American life on $60,000 a year? I’d love to hear from you. My story about the $100,000 annual budget for a normal family stirred up such emotion that I plan to do a series on this topic. In case you are new, [Keep reading]
Happy Labor Day! Now, can you answer my email? I’d like to use this weekend to ask a simple question. Do you think you work too hard? And does the answer lie in a 21-hour work week? Naturally, many people reflexively answer “yes” to such a question. Who doesn’t think [Keep reading]
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