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Inspired by Hope and Surprised by Joy: On Managing Money
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Inspired by Hope and Surprised by Joy. Wednesday, June 06, 2012. How I'm Learning to Make My Life Easier By Budgeting. I've tried many different kinds of budgets over the years. None of them really worked. Mostly because I wasn't exactly sure how. To budget, what. To budget for, and why. I ought to budget. Afterall, I was living, giving and saving - that's all I needed to do, right? Then comes along my friend J.E. She's a master at budgeting (not to mention gorgeous, right J.E? FYI: The last 6 months has...
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Portrait of a Supposed Scholar: Thinking about retirement
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Sunday, October 7, 2012. So as part of the standard paperwork overload of starting a new position, I had to fill out paperwork relating to my retirement account. In both this new position and the position I had last year, I had two options: pension or private. Salaries, and how old you are. So hypothetically, if you worked 30 years paying into the pension system, was of retirement age ( 67ish? So that seems like a pretty sweet deal. The 'alternative' retirement program. 3 Would I get seriously screwed ov...