As I mentioned all over Twitter and in my third month update, J and I are no longer together. We broke up for good in January, and he finally moved out towards the end of February. Breaking Up Breaking up was hard for both of us, but it was a long time in the making. …
I may have too many bank accounts. Are you familiar with the envelope method? You know, that budgeting method where you put all your cash in separate envelopes for each need? Well I might do that with bank accounts. I have a bit of a collection. How many bank accounts do I have? I have …
Bad Investments for Beginners As a companion piece to our Beginner’s Guide to Investing, I thought it would be nice to flip the script and write about some bad investments for beginners. Keep in mind, none of these are bad investments in general (except the shady ones at the end!). Most of the investment ideas …
Wow, three months of blogging in the books. I am halfway to becoming a real blogger! Let’s see how I did! Blog Growth Strategies for our third Month Readership The blog readership is continuing to grow, slowly but surely. According to Google Analytics, Partners in Fire had 516 users during this month, compared to 305 …
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Hey folks! Transparency Disclosure- Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. That means I’ll receive a small commission if you decide to click on it and buy something. Don’t worry, it doesn’t cost you anything extra! What? A personal finance blogger is telling you to spend money? What backwards world did …
Beginner’s Guide to Investing Do you want to start an investment portfolio but aren’t sure where to begin? We are here to help you! In this beginner’s guide to investing, you will learn what type of plan to use, what the best investments for beginners are, and how to how to actually invest the money. …
I had a terrible day at work today. A miserable, terrible, epically awful day. I’m totally stressed out about it, and it wasn’t even that bad! What happened? I got yelled at by my boss for something stupid. I didn’t really do anything wrong, but he was mad that things weren’t the way he needed …
This is one of the earliest posts ever published on Partners in Fire. It was written by an ex (but current at the time) boyfriend about his struggles with alcoholism. To be honest, I forgot all about this post until it started being indexed in Google and showing up in people’s searches. I struggled with …
Are you thinking of buying a home? Do you know what things you should look for when buying a new house? I’ve bought three houses in the last 10 years, so although I’m not an expert, I have learned a few things about what to look for when making a decision. Check out these tips …
Most finance bloggers will tell you that getting a tax refund is a bad thing. Why give the government a free loan? These finance bloggers make an excellent point. If you really think about it, the money you are receiving from your refund really is money that the government “borrowed” from you throughout the year, …
