Life is Not Hard

Teaching Internet Marketing – My Other Project

Life is Not Hard — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:00:07 +0000

Some of you are no doubt wondering what happened to this blog. Don’t worry I haven’t abandoned ship! I have been hard at work on another site of mine focused on Internet Marketing. I was getting so many private emails asking me how I got started online that I decided to put up a site that shows you [...]

New Category – Make Money Online

Life is Not Hard — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:01:31 +0000

Over the next few weeks, you will notice new posts that will be under the category “Make Money Online”. After getting into email conversations with users from my Budgeting and Make Money in College posts, I realized there was a huge desire to learn some of the techniques I am using to make money [...]

College Rejection Letter

Life is Not Hard — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:35:21 +0000

I was reading an article in the WSJ and saw that this year’s high school graduating class, applied to more colleges than ever before. You know what more applicants means right? More school rejection letters. It seems that the new fad is creating a “wall of shame” to display your college rejection letters. Times sure [...]

Spring Break Swine Flu

Life is Not Hard — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:21:23 +0000

For all my college student followers, I’m sure you have heard of the Swine Flu by now. There has been plenty of coverage in the national media. Yes, most of it is mostly scaring people. Even with the vast amount of coverage it has received, judging from the people I have talked to about it, [...]

Where have you been?

Life is Not Hard — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:00:50 +0000

I’ve been getting quite a few emails asking me why I have taken so long to update my blog. Well the answer is, I’ve been working on some other exciting projects that I hope will benefit the needs of my readers. Since starting this blog I have realized that there are people out there that [...]

Dorm Favorite Becomes Family Dinner

Life is Not Hard — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:22:07 +0000

I have written about Top Ramen in the past, but it looks like the downturn in the economy has created a demand for the dorm favorite! Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a>

Cheapskate has tips for saving $20,000 a year

Life is Not Hard — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:38:42 +0000

Here is an interesting article that was on CNN today, with some tips on saving money. The tips include getting rid of your cell phone, saving on clothes and not eating out. Most of it is basic stuff, that most people budgeting are already aware of. I’m not sure if it is possible to save [...]

Five Ways to Curb Your Spending Habits

Life is Not Hard — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:27:35 +0000

Since an increasingly high percentage of the active shopping population suffer from overspending tendencies that lead to debt, the number of people that are seeking ways to curb their spending habits is increasing. When overspending decreases, the amount of money that can be allocated towards debt repayment and establishing savings increases. Here are five ways that [...]

YNAB Pro Video Tutorials

Life is Not Hard — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:57:33 +0000

As many of my loyal readers know, for many years I looked for an alternative to Quicken and an alternative to Microsoft Money. I found it in YNAB Pro and couldn’t be happier. However, since it uses a much different methodology than Quicken and Money I have posted the following videos that walk [...]

Save Your Money by Separating Your Wants from Your Needs

Life is Not Hard — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:18:36 +0000

An astonishing eighty percent of households are spending more money than they make. This means that every month these households are using credit to cover the shortfalls that exist between the income and the expenses. The majority of the money that is being used over the income is used for wants, rather than needs. These [...]