Don’t forget to drink plenty of American beer!

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Plenty of people leave shared housing behind forever after college.  I was not one of them.  For several years, I lived in a few places with different roommates:  some good, some not so good.  The last 2 roommates have been people I didn’t know so well before letting them move in, which can obviously cause [...]

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I hate to budget.  Budgets seem restrictive to me.  It’s totally psychological, but for some reason the mere act of making a budget makes me feel like I’m depriving myself, and nobody likes being deprived:  it’s depressing.  Inevitably, I would end up breaking my budget.  I wouldn’t go into debt, of course, but I would [...]

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This post is in response to the personal finance confession project started by Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest Of The Time I Know You (long name).  I ran across it over on Mrs Micah’s blog earlier today and thought it might be fun to share.  Admitting you have a problem is [...]

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