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Reminder: You don’t need to give out your phone number

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 23, 2024 | Featured

Reclaim your focus, save money, and beat back those endless notifications by not giving out your phone number and doing this instead. … Read More

Tags: phone numbers, phones, smartphones

Everything you need to know about locking your credit card

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 16, 2024 | Featured

A credit card lock can be a useful action to take when you don’t want your card used. I’ll lay out all the details here. I’ve always said that the best place for your credit card is in your desk … Read More … Read More

Tags: accountability, credit, credit card, credit cards, credit freeze, credit monitoring

Do you want others to make less money? The challenge of solidarity with wages

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 9, 2024 | Featured

A union dispute with a local grocery store leads to a bigger concern with wages. Is solidarity possible when we believe in a zero-sum economy? … Read More

Tags: New Seasons, solidarity, unions, wages

Does not having Amazon Prime cost you more?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 2, 2024 | Featured

I revisit my perennial request for you to cancel your Amazon Prime membership wondering if there are hidden costs that might cost you more. I want you to cancel your Amazon Prime membership. In most cases, this is the best … Read More … Read More

Tags: Amazon, Amazon Prime, intentionality

It’s time to do some financial gardening

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on November 25, 2024 | Featured

The future is unclear, so now’s a good time to do some financial gardening and get yourself into the best position possible. I don’t know about you, but when things feel stressful or uncertain, I like to tidy up. “A … Read More … Read More

Tags: bills, statements, subscriptions

The country feels poor. Are they wrong?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on November 18, 2024 | Featured

Everyone says that the economy is terrible, but if that’s the case, why do the economic indicators say otherwise? I wrote last time about my current take on the sentiment of the majority of the country. “Forget about women’s reproductive … Read More … Read More

Tags: economics, FRED