Category Archives: Finance

Financial Fitness : combining finances

This is something I’ve posted elsewhere as comments, but thought I would aggregate the ideas here as a good reference document. And of course my disclosure: I’m married and we have combined funds. There are pages upon pages information on … Continue reading

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Timing your Resolutions

I hate the first of the year. Okay, that’s a bit harsh. What I hate is how many people set themselves up for failure. Sometime after the holiday ham and before the midnight bubbly, the average American takes this long … Continue reading

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Conscious Acts, part 2

So you have taken those first steps: Catching your habits, Drinking water instead of soda, Exercising 30 minutes everyday, Saving 50 dollars every paycheck into your 401k. And you are seeing progress! Slimming of the waist or interest earned, it … Continue reading

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Conscious Acts, part 1

Hey, name’s Dave. I’m a guest columnist here on “The life ledger”. In reading Cris’s article about Point of Awareness and how it’s an important part of fitness, I recalled similar thoughts I had when loosing all my weight. Becoming … Continue reading

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Shift your paradigm – “my body is a bank”

I want a new scale. My wife and I went to Bed Bath & Beyond and looked at scales.  Of course, the one I want is $100 and appeals to my geekier side – it gives % body fat via … Continue reading

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