As we are approaching the end of 2009, it is time for me to review 2009, and get a good picture of where I am at. With the initiation of this blog, Moneywise24 Personal Finance, I have very much made a commitment to myself in November, to better the financial aspects of my life, and wanting to share it with the world.
I currently use Microsoft Money to maintain an overview of my finances. I have implemented this early 2009, and I wanted to use 2009 to get a clear picture …

Honestly, it costs me quite some effort and perhaps a bit of courage to write this article; finally, after having seen the book quite some times in my local bookstore but having ignored it due to its simple title, I decided to buy Rich Dad, Poor Dad – if it would have been called “an empiric study about the financial development of… ” I would have bought it sooner, in the end I currently live in Germany. I have still not read the entire book, and read through the first …

I have to be completely honest with you: I have always wanted to become a millionaire… I think since I was 16 or so. So then, why am I not already. I mean, I have had 16 years of my life to achieve that goal…
I believe life is so exciting, fast paced, and emotional, that we quickly tend to lose sight of our goals. At least I do every now and then. For this reason, I was extremely surprised, or perhaps call it relieved, to find a “Million Dollar Club” …

I read an utmost interesting article today at the Financial Samurai website, about rational decisions and how it may impact the lives of individuals. Although the story itself is about rational or irrational decision making processes, I find it utmost interesting how in some examples within the article, the subject decides to make a change in his or her lifestyle, whereas in other examples the individual does not.
 This automatically led me to the following thought:
Often we have good intentions and ideas around New Year’s Eve, but we tend to implement only …

Author: Ev Nucci

“Humankind cannot bear much reality.” T. S. Eliot
No matter how bad things are, like millions before you, you can create a new future. I have, so I know what I’m talking about. You find out who people are in the bad times, not in the good.

Re-writing your future is a state of mind
You are never too old , it’s never too late to start anew. And if you think you can’t take steps backwards in order to take steps forward, think again.
Danny Aiello began …