Marketplace’s Stephen Beard reported on April 3 that “On the brink of financial collapse last year, Iceland is now trying to recover and its citizens are embracing a culture of conservative spending.” He interviewed Sissa, an Icelander whose house halved in value with their crash. …
Isn’t it more fun to party with your neighbors than compete with them? A blessing of this recession – and a lesson most learn through doing the practices in Your Money or Your Life – is that community awaits with open arms once you let …
Remember how both Bushes – Sr and Jr – exhorted us to defend freedom by consuming? Now with the economy gasping, those who’d have you go into debt to salve the nation’s economic woes (say what?) have a new tactic. The psychological peril of “over-saving” …
Before you shift your attention to something more interesting (like those dust bunnies under your desk), I hope you’ll choose to read a bit on this subject because these tips will save you money and help reduce your environmental impact. As you probably know, most …
I was recently invited by the kind folks at the Oxbow Eco-Center in Florida to give a talk on Your Money or Your Life on April 4. My husband and I decided it would be a great opportunity for a family vacation with our two …
Vicki Robin and Monique Tilford will be in NYC this week. We’re hosting a very informal meeting on Thursday night, March 26 from 7-9pm in Manhattan. To get the exact details of where we’re gathering, please RSVP to m.tilford@hotmail.com. Our NYC Regional Coordinator Teri Niadna …
I was on Fred Andrle’s NPR interview show in Columbus Ohio today and a listeners email so touched me I asked permission to share it with you: Thank you for today’s guest. I am deeply grateful to have read her book earlier this year. I …
Sometimes FIers send us great stories and ideas. Here are three. Tell us yours. Long-time FIers Mike and Linda Lenich wrote: We just finished our Monthly Tabulation for February 2009. We were very surprised to discover this is Monthly Tab #200. 200!?!?? Wow… 200 Monthly Tabulations already. …
Although some people are able to reach financial independence all by themselves after reading Your Money or Your Life, most of the people I know prefer to work the program together with other like-minded individuals. In fact, we get at least one email a day …
When Tom Friedman – famous tout-er of globalization – uses his columns to challenge the growth paradigm, you know the world is changing. He quotes here two long time prophets (back a few years ago they called them Cassandras) of coming climate change, Joe Romm …