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Living Financial Freedom

admin — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:35:02 +0000

Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written here. Hi! I don’t even know how to start out this post, so we’ll just dive right in It’s been a year now since I became debt free and let me tell you, first and foremost, financial freedom is an amazing thing. I knew that getting [...]

What Rights Should Debtors Have?

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:39:32 +0000

This week at GetOutOfDebt.org, the Personal Finance Brain Trust was challenged yet again! The question this week was: When debtors are having problems paying their bills, what rights do you think debtors should have with lenders so that they can avoid foreclosure, repossession and/or bankruptcy? My answer or the Brain Trust this week was long [...]

Costlier Credit and the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights

admin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:35:14 +0000

I was asked last week to join the Personal Finance Bloggers Brain Trust over at GetOutOfDebt.org. I was thrilled – the domain name alone sounded right up my alley. For those of you interested, the Brain Trust will answer questions about personal finance once a week and the answers from all of us (for the [...]

Carnival of Personal Finance!

admin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:31:03 +0000

The Carnival of Personal Finance #172 is up at Debt Kid! My post How to Save Money Every Paycheck was featured in the Savings section. Thanks, debt kid! If you’re visiting from the carnival, welcome! If you’d like to be a part of the Antishay community, feel free to subscribe to my email updates for [...]

How to Save Money Every Paycheck

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:58:29 +0000

I’m here today to talk about savings! Yay! One of the questions I’m asked with alarming frequency is, “How do I save money?” It seems like such a simple question with a simple answer (“Just save.”) but it really isn’t. Here I’ll suggest a couple of ideas which, when put into practice, should get you [...]

Revisiting Investing After Debt

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:52:32 +0000

Since becoming debt free I’ve been enjoying the freedom and luxury of having money. I have more money coming in than I have going out, and it really is wonderful, and still totally new to me. I have some “fun money” built into every month’s budget, and if unexpected bills come up I have enough [...]

Life After Debt: The Joy of Buying Properly

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:38:52 +0000

I bought a motorcycle! It’s very much like that one, above! (The back seat is different, otherwise it’s the same bike, paint, everything ). After having saved and saved for so long, I finally bought a bike and I’m terribly excited So far I’ve ridden it about 80 miles in the last week, and none [...]

Antishay is an Editor’s Pick and is on MSN!

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:01:25 +0000

The 164th Carnival of Personal Finance: City Slickers Edition is up at Squawkfox! My post In Defense of Expensive Shoes was featured as an editor’s pick! Wahoo! This is a great carnival – well done, Squawkfox! Thank you so much for liking my article! I remember last time she hosted the carnival there was a [...]

FBN Roundup – Summer of Frugality Edition

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:49:33 +0000

It’s that time again – time for a Frugal Blog Network roundup! There were some really awesome posts this week from my fellow bloggers. Has anyone else noticed how great summer can be for frugality? I, personally, just feel the need to spend less… but in case you haven’t caught the no-spending bug, here’s some [...]

In Defence of Expensive Shoes, or “My Way of Thinking Frugally”

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:39:07 +0000

Recently, Frugal Babe wrote an interesting post called New Frugal Tips. I agree completely with her points about most everything – especially on those points which are both healthy and frugal – but I had to disagree with one: shoes. Most of you know how crazy I am about shoes. A large part of my [...]