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Lifestyle Changes by Design
Tomorrow Mrs. ToughMoneyLove and I are joining two of our sons (and a wonderful significant other) in a 600 mile one-day car trip to a Thanksgiving get-together with extended family. What’s the significance of that, you might ask? After all, lo...
Making Small Sacrifices Count
You hear and read a lot of debate about the value in making small sacrifices in your spending. Many habitual spenders resist the call to cut out their discretionary purchases of small items, e.g., that morning latte’ or lunchtime meal out. It...
Troubled Homeowners Can’t Be Bothered with Helping Themselves
In February, the Obama administration announced its $75 billion dollar plan to rescue 4 million homeowners (and I use that term loosely) from probable foreclosure. The concept was that these troubled homeowners would negotiate with their lender for a...
Holiday Spending Guide for a New Economy
If you are watching the stock market, listening to the politicians in charge, and reading the popular press, maybe you are starting to build some confidence in our economy. After all, there is nothing wrong with having some optimism during difficult ...
Hard Truth Week in Review – Advent Conspiracy Edition
I’m back from my weekend visit in Atlanta with good friends from high school. It met and exceeded my expectations in all respects. You can’t put a price on an opportunity to spend quality time with guys you’ve known for 45 years (an...
Resisting Black Friday Temptation
My posting has been scaled back this week, as I am in Atlanta visiting with a couple of great friends from high school (Class of 1969, thank-you very much). I did want to briefly mention a consumer temptation phenomenon that seems to have accelerated...


Interesting perspective in the changing financial environment.
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