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How to find out if you (or anyone really) are owed money by the state

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on August 6, 2018 | Featured

I still fondly recall those late night TV infomercials about how you can get free money from the government. Now, as I’m learning, there may be something to all that. Because it turns out there are legitimate, state-run websites out … Read More … Read More

Tags: money, rebates, refunds

Is fear of losing money (or love) the only thing you’ve gained?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on February 27, 2017 | Featured

We all have started out with some level of privilege. Whether it’s the privilege of being born in a middle class home, being born tall or extremely good looking, or even just being born in a country where water was … Read More … Read More

Tags: loss, love, money, Say Anything, Still Life With Woodpecker

Important versus urgent: Applying the Eisenhower Decision Matrix to your finances

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on October 26, 2015 | Featured

I’ve increasingly found it important to determine whether something is important or whether it is just urgent, as I think that we all (myself included) tend to confuse the two. I just recently learned that the matrix of the … Read More … Read More

Tags: basics, finances, importance, money, urgency

The banality of being a millionaire

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on July 6, 2015 | Featured

There are few words associated with money that are more romantic than “millionaire“. Just the very mention of the word brings to my mind giant villas overlooking a sunny sea. But I want us to take a closer look at … Read More … Read More

Tags: millionaire, money, wealth

Does it really matter how much your time is worth?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on July 2, 2015 | Featured

How many times have you been a part of a conversation that went something like this? “I was going to take the bus because it was only $18, but it would have taken 6 hours. Then I saw that flying … Read More … Read More

Tags: money, time, value, worth

Why the flex spending account is ridiculous

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on March 19, 2015 | Featured

I found myself recently in a large national chain pharmacy store late at night, wandering the aisles and thinking to myself: “Now what else can I find to spend money on?“ This ridiculous question sums up so much of … Read More … Read More

Tags: flexible spending account, money, pharmacies, pre-tax, taxes

Treat time like money

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on January 16, 2014 | Featured

Any visitor to my home will notice a distinct lack of clocks. At some point during their visit (not a short time, because I assure you I am a deeply scintillating host), they will look around to see what … Read More … Read More

Tags: money, stress, time

Why having more money won’t simplify your life

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on August 12, 2013 | Featured

You may think that making more money will solve some of your problems. And you’re right. That’s certainly what I’ve found in my life. But when that happened, I found that new problems were created, greater in number than … Read More … Read More

Tags: aspirations, complexity, Europe, money, questions, restaurants

How much float do you need?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on May 30, 2013 | Featured

In my last post, I talked about the importance of having “float” in your checking account. Float is that extra cushion of money in your account that’s above and beyond the money that comes in from your income. The … Read More … Read More

Tags: budgeting, float, money

Why you need float in your account

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on May 27, 2013 | Featured

If you’re most people, you have a single checking account that you use as your primary reserve of money. (If you don’t have a checking account and live out of the contents of a cookie jar, that’s a little … Read More … Read More

Tags: budgeting, checking account, float, money

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