Take the Challenge

 
 
 
I finally got the social network I have been working on up and running.  Please visit the site  www.my5k5k.com sign up and begin the challenge today.  Come back here and give me feed back to let me know what you think of the site.

Putting Financial Education to Work

My last post I spoke of the beginnings of my financial education.  The most important part of any education is what you do with what you have learned.  My experience of spending more than I made, using credit to finance my wants, and allowing the perceptions of others to influence my purchasing decisions contributed to my [...]

The Beginnings of my finanical education and the last taboo

Please forgive the long post.  There is about an eight year time period I try to cover in a few paragraphs.
 
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am currently working on my certificate in financial planning to become a Certified Financial Planner.  My interest in financial planning did not come about by an early [...]

Positive Feedback is Encouraging

I spread the word about my blog when I became very discouraged with our current national economic blunder and our lack of regulation in the finacial industry.  I have been a “closet blogger” not letting any of my family or friends know that I had started a blog, in fear that no one would read [...]

Learning the Ropes

I have enrolled in courses to begin my CFP (Certified Financial Planner) certification.  I have a great desire to educate others to become more financially independent.   This desire started about four years ago, but I haven’t had the time to pursue it until recently. I am unsure of what road this will take me on, perhaps [...]

My first entry and purpose of this blog

Welcome to my blog.  This site will be devoted to thriving in the middle class.  You will find tips and suggestions on what you can do to improve the life you are living in the middle class.  A lot of the content will be based on personal finance (since our income is what determines our [...]