In celebration of Financial Literacy Month, the Web site NerdWallet recently interviewed employees on the topic Lessons We’ve Learned About Retirement. I thought it might be fun to do the same. Read the article...
Running on Empty
Clueless
Over the course of this Transaction Cleanse, I’ve talked about the phenomenon of “stealth transactions” a few times. You know, you’re going about your day, minding your own business, avoiding transactions, maybe even sleeping. Then bam! It happens. Through the magic of automation, you’ve purchased something without taking a single action.
Continuance
Show Time
Back on April Fools Day when I started this Transaction Cleanse, I said I wasn’t a big fan of traditional food-related cleanses because they have the unintended side effect of making the “cleanser” want to binge. Sure enough, a Transaction Cleanse can also lead to binging, although not in exactly the way I anticipated.