The past ten months have been amazing: I quit my job at the family box factory at the beginning of March to become a full-time writer. Since then, I’ve worked harder than I ever have in my life. I’ve had a lot of fun, but I’ve also learned a lot about myself, and about running [...]

J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from Mandy Hering.
How can people afford fun these days?
I ask this question because my husband and I recently attended a Coldplay concert. We bought the tickets for my birthday back in June, and paid for them with some extra money that I made working [...]

J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from Ann Zerkle, a Get Rich Slowly lurker, and the founder of Heroes of Capitalism.
I know J.D. has posted many times about how going to the library saves money, but I personally love to buy books. Even after reading the arguments about saving money [...]

After nearly two weeks of vacation, I’m itching to get back to work. Still, my actual return date isn’t until next Monday. I’ve read a half dozen personal finance books (and written notes on several for future reviews), have plotted a few big posts, and am generally eager to interact with the GRS community again! [...]

J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from Katrina Ramser, a freelance writer who contributes to various websites, newspapers and magazines. She also writes about swimming at SquidKid and about cars at Vehix.com.
I’m predicting 2009 will be a fantastic financial year for me. Not so much due to any income figure or increase [...]

J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from Jeremy Martin.
You’ve heard the phrase, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” I’ve often wondered about that — should we really settle for half the return just to have a sure thing right now? It could be argued, and convincingly, that [...]

J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from Gail Vaz-Oxlade, a Canadian financial writer and host of the television series ‘Til Debt Do Us Part.
Frugality is all the rage. And a good thing too. With the economic situation as it is, we had better learn to take pleasure from the simple things if [...]

Ah, the last week of the year. It’s time to review past triumphs (and failures), and to plan for future goals. It’s also time to think about taxes.
Though yesterday was Christmas, I took some time to work on my finances. Get Rich Slowly (the business) earned more money than I expected in 2008, so [...]

J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from Wanda, who wrote to tell me that a shocking number of people have trouble paying their utility bills correctly.
How do you pay your bills? My father taught me to pay them on time and in full. That’s great advice, but there is so [...]

I’m on vacation. This is a guest post from my aunt. It’s sort of a real-life “Gift of the Magi”. My aunt and uncle (who is called “Pop” in this story) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this past October.
On Christmas Eve 1958, I had been married two months and seven days. 
We were sixteen and eighteen — [...]