Lazy Man And Money News Updates

I started writing this article about three weeks ago, when the government initially shut down. Then I shelved it. There were plenty of articles already written, and it is, by definition, a politically charged topic. However, it does directly impact our finances, and it hasn’t gone away. I have been… Read more »

You may have noticed that I didn’t write about Amazon’s “Big Deals” Prime Day that just passed. Over the last few years, I’d often write a post about all the things I’m buying. This year, two things were different: I don’t need much stuff. We’re actively trying to get rid… Read more »

A view from the harbor cruise. I was having too much fun to take a better picture. With September in the books, we are now 3/4s done with the year. Realistically, this next month is the last chance to get the goals set at the beginning of the year done.… Read more »

I’ve been working on an article all week, but I didn’t get it ready in time to publish. It could easily be a 20+ page research paper or a longer book. Instead of that, you’ll have to suffer through an article that’s actually relevant to what this website is about.… Read more »

Every so often, a website puts together a gimmicky article and releases a press release. Then other publications pick up and talk about it. For years, Salary.com came up with a total salary for a mother around Mother’s Day. The did this from 2009 until 2019, but it has been… Read more »

This is going to be a short article. Since no one knows what qualifies as free speech in America anymore, the fewer words the better, right? Also, I’ve just been pretty busy with so many side projects. Investing Via the Stock Market There are at least a billion articles on… Read more »

At the start of summer, I made up a bucket list. I had the kids make one up, too. My 12-year-old took it seriously and came up with a few legit ideas. My 11-year-old wrote down “Exist.” I had a good laugh at that one because of the literal background… Read more »

I hope you didn’t miss not having an article last week. We were traveling and I just didn’t feel like stopping to write an article. I’ll talk more about travel in next week’s monthly update. We’ve reached the unofficial end of summer. Boo. Hiss. It goes by twice as fast… Read more »

It’s been far too long since I’ve written an “Ask the Readers” article. Truth is, after almost 20 years of blogging, I feel like I have a very good handle on personal finance. When you combine that with an intimate knowledge of our own finances and goals, it doesn’t make… Read more »

How is everyone’s summer going? It’s too quick for me. For example, this article covers July, which is Really, the first month of summer, but I’m writing it while stressing that the last week of summer is almost here. Personal Update July was a BUSY month for us – in… Read more »