Developing good habits helps us focus on things that need our attention most. But as you work to get your financial life on track, you’ll probably find old, counterproductive habits undermining your progress. Some of them worked once, but now they’re holding you back. Others have always been bad. Dropping …
Read More »Questions About Weddings, Windfalls, Castile Soap, Hybrid Cars, CSAs and More
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.1. Using my stimulus check2. Gas prices and hybrid cars3. Worried about returning to work4. Wedding planning suggestions?5. Safely storing …
Read More »8 Retailers That Offer Free Prescription Drug Delivery
Photo by ViDI Studio / Shutterstock.com Even in states with stay-at-home orders, picking up prescriptions from a pharmacy is allowed as an essential task. However, you might prefer not to leave your home. Fortunately, a number of retailers with pharmacy services offer free prescription delivery. Whether you’re concerned about the …
Read More »Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card Review
A top-shelf rewards credit card with luxury travel perks. Partner Offer The Delta SkyMiles® Reserve American Express Card gives you access to coveted airport lounges, which is a unique benefit that will be highly attractive to some. Only a few American Express rewards cards will get you into the 10 …
Read More »Will You Have Enough to Retire? Here’s a New Way to Find Out
Photo by Flamingo Images / Shutterstock.com When will you have enough to retire? Answering this important question is tough because it depends on so many factors — your Social Security payments, how much you have in retirement savings and other assets, how your health holds up, when you hope to …
Read More »5 Ways the Coronavirus Might Hurt Your Social Security
Photo by T.Den_Team / Shutterstock.com In uncertain times, you can still count on Social Security to provide the foundation for your retirement. Through thick and thin, our national retirement safety net is always there. But that does not make Social Security immune to the ravages of the novel coronavirus. Following …
Read More »5 Major Retailers Offering Free Coronavirus Tests
Photo by zstock / Shutterstock.com Nobody wants to contract the coronavirus. But if you do, you probably want to know about it — and fast. Now, some major retailers are offering free coronavirus testing. The following retailers announced this week that they also are expanding their testing programs. Recently passed …
Read More »Inspiration from Brooke Foss Westcott, Handwritten Letters, Elizabeth Gilbert, and More
Once a month (or so), I share a dozen things that have inspired me to greater personal, professional, and financial success in my life. I hope they bring similar success to your life. Please enjoy the archives of earlier collections of inspirational things. This month’s installment is heavily geared toward …
Read More »Financial Success Within a System-Oriented Life
One of the most powerful strategies I’ve found for improving my life is the idea of systems. Basically, rather than setting a goal for yourself, you develop a system of some kind, a set of daily actions that gradually nudge you toward that goal. For example, instead of saying “I’m …
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