net worth

We Spend More Time Planning for Prom than Planning for College

May 25, 2011 Student Loans

StudentLoanJustice.org is right on with the passion but might be missing a greater opportunity in this call to arms. The system is flawed and broken for some of the reasons they state. I agree and we have written about this in the past. But can we make a greater positive impact by educating students to not take on these unmanageable levels of debt in the first place? Instead of focusing our attack on the system and seeking reform in how lending organizations can collect from debt-laden students, can we make a bigger impact by re-balancing the prom dress vs large life altering financial burden decision process?

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Net Worth Update: April 2011

May 7, 2011 net worth

The last time we checked in we wrote about the differences between traditional and real or liquid net worth. For our purposes real net worth does not include the assessed value of our home or the Kelly Blue Book private party resale value of our automobiles.  Basically “stuff” that makes up our daily lives and that we have no intention of selling in the near future.  We will be tracking both.

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Net Worth: August 2008 +1.40%

September 2, 2008 net worth

We were very fortunate this month to be able to increase our net worth by 1.40% or about $340. As evidenced by the chart below, we continue to progress in the upward direction, however due to recent changes in employment and priorities, the slope has decreased substantially. Ry is continuing to pursue new employment opportunities where he can feel he is part of something more positive and we are continuing to experiment and diversify our income through an increase in alternative income sources, freelance work, and web design education.

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