Comments on: Not Everyone is Perfect, Including Financial Columnists http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/not-everyone-is-perfect-including-financial-columnists/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Fri, 25 May 2012 07:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MLoco http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/not-everyone-is-perfect-including-financial-columnists/comment-page-1/#comment-65276 MLoco Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:36:01 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/10/04/not-everyone-is-perfect-including-financial-columnists/#comment-65276 All I can say is that i'm amazed that it's getting to the point that someone with 8 grand a month can't live a healthy financial life. Hell these days there are people who make 500 grand a year and can't survive. But in the end it's all the fault of so many people thinking that they can spend more because they earn more. I live in Miami which can get more expensive than up north by more than you think. The only area that is cheaper is smokes but our bills, shopping costs, gas prices (Still $3 a gallon) and other things are still big. I don't make anywhere close to $8,000 and have my debts as a student but in the end i'm more worryfree than some of these people who earn 2-5 times more than I do per month. I'm paying off everything as early as I can and when I get that six figure job i'm studying hard for i'll be able to direct all that money into trying to retire worryfree way before 35. At that point i'll get all the extra apartments & vacations I want without worry. All I can say is that i’m amazed that it’s getting to the point that someone with 8 grand a month can’t live a healthy financial life. Hell these days there are people who make 500 grand a year and can’t survive.

But in the end it’s all the fault of so many people thinking that they can spend more because they earn more. I live in Miami which can get more expensive than up north by more than you think. The only area that is cheaper is smokes but our bills, shopping costs, gas prices (Still $3 a gallon) and other things are still big.

I don’t make anywhere close to $8,000 and have my debts as a student but in the end i’m more worryfree than some of these people who earn 2-5 times more than I do per month. I’m paying off everything as early as I can and when I get that six figure job i’m studying hard for i’ll be able to direct all that money into trying to retire worryfree way before 35. At that point i’ll get all the extra apartments & vacations I want without worry.

]]> By: Enough Wealth http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/not-everyone-is-perfect-including-financial-columnists/comment-page-1/#comment-65083 Enough Wealth Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:45:35 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/10/04/not-everyone-is-perfect-including-financial-columnists/#comment-65083 I can't believe that someone blogging on about personal finance could have gone out and bought a "extra apartment" when they have outstanding debt on their credit card! (Or else got so financially stretched by buying the extra apartment they started buying day-to-day items on credit). It's setting the bar way to low for reader's like Kira... Regards http://enoughwealth.blogspot.com I can’t believe that someone blogging on about personal finance could have gone out and bought a “extra apartment” when they have outstanding debt on their credit card! (Or else got so financially stretched by buying the extra apartment they started buying day-to-day items on credit).

It’s setting the bar way to low for reader’s like Kira…

Regards
http://enoughwealth.blogspot.com

]]> By: Kira http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/not-everyone-is-perfect-including-financial-columnists/comment-page-1/#comment-65030 Kira Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:45:57 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/10/04/not-everyone-is-perfect-including-financial-columnists/#comment-65030 I really like MP Dunleavey mostly because I feel like she's on the same level as the rest of us - the Bankrate Q&A people and even Liz Pulliam Weston seem like they have their shit together a lot more than the rest of us, which can be daunting. So it's really nice to read about her life and the Women In Red, because I feel like it's a much more attainable goal to do WELL like they are, and not PERFECT like some other writers. I still gotta say, $7-8k a MONTH?? I know NY is expensive, but that's a LOT of money. And in my mind, if you're going to have a second home, you should be able to pay for it like it was a box of Kleenex. That would have been the first thing to go, in my opinion. Hopefully she'll get a nice windfall out of giving up the apartment since there's lots of other expenses (like gas and renters insurance) that won't be necessary either. I really like MP Dunleavey mostly because I feel like she’s on the same level as the rest of us – the Bankrate Q&A people and even Liz Pulliam Weston seem like they have their shit together a lot more than the rest of us, which can be daunting. So it’s really nice to read about her life and the Women In Red, because I feel like it’s a much more attainable goal to do WELL like they are, and not PERFECT like some other writers. I still gotta say, $7-8k a MONTH?? I know NY is expensive, but that’s a LOT of money. And in my mind, if you’re going to have a second home, you should be able to pay for it like it was a box of Kleenex. That would have been the first thing to go, in my opinion. Hopefully she’ll get a nice windfall out of giving up the apartment since there’s lots of other expenses (like gas and renters insurance) that won’t be necessary either.

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