Posts Tagged ‘health’

On July 18th, I responded to Mrs. Micah Single Step Personal Finance Challenge and said that I will try to finish up my estate planning in 2 weeks. Alas, I am a procrastinator and didn’t get anywhere near completing it. So I committed to complete the first of four steps in the Suze Orman’s [...]

Just a quick update about my 100 push ups…my arms are killing me! I thought I would’ve recovered enough to reattempt the week 1 day 1 program yesterday, but apparently not. Hopefully, I can try again Monday, but I am not sure.
Great Articles from PF Buzz
This week great articles and personal finance finds [...]

I was adding a few sites to PF Buzz Planet yesterday, and stumbled upon a web site called One Hundred Push Ups (via Too Smart To Live Like This). This is a timely find since I have been thinking about getting back in shape lately. To tell you the truth, I am feeling [...]

I finally took care of my parents’ whole life insurance policies and put them on a Premium Offset Proposal (POP) arrangement. Basically, this arrangement uses their policy’s current and accumulated dividend values to pay their premiums. Their death benefits and cash values will continue to grow, but at a slower pace. At the [...]

Many of us are working toward a comfortable retirement so that we can relax and enjoy our golden years. Money experts often give advice on how to reduce debt and retire early, yet they overlook the people who have already reached retirement age. There are plenty of seniors who are still in need of some [...]

The other day, David at My Two Dollars lamented how he’s falling further into debt due to his medical bills. The gauntlet of procedures he’s going through just reminded me of my own situation. In fact, we just received my wife’s first hospital bill — $1,510 for her epidural! Thank God our insurance [...]

This has been another great week for the M-Network with our aggregate feed now moved to FeedBurner Ad Network. For our subscribers, this mean faster feed, less encoding errors, and you can actually see who wrote the post now! As always, we are committed to provide high-quality full feed.
Group Writing Project
On the week [...]

I always have been interested in environmental issue, so “How Many Earths Would it Take to Sustain You?” from Consumerism Commentary caught my attention. From his blog, I went to Consumer Consequences; and according to the site:
“The Earth couldn’t supports its 6.6 billion residents if everyone lived like a typical American. Consumer Consequences [...]

In my post “What if I became an emergency medicine doctor?,” Jonathan of My Money Blog said, “The main thing is that if you go into medicine for the money, you’ll be much less likely to succeed and the money won’t be worth it.” I fully agree with his comment and it reminds me [...]

On our vacation this past weekend, my wife and I ate out a lot. This was probably the most expensive part of our trip. Being from Thailand, eating out is an entirely different experience. Over there, portions are much smaller and less expensive. Whereas here in the U.S., portions are usually [...]