The latest book review here at Richer by the Day is Your Money or Your Life by by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin.

Your Money or Your Life is one of those classic personal finance books that everyone seems to have read. After finally getting around to reading it myself, I can see why it is so popular. While there are certainly some portions of the book which are outdated, the majority of the content is as relevant today as when the book was written in the early 90s.

One of the main concepts introduced in the book is how to define “enough.” I found this information particularly useful because I’ve been feeling guilty, or at least in the minority, that I don’t want any more than I already have. I’ve been living on the “enough” peak for a while now. Understanding that after a certain point having additional possessions

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This is a great time of year to sell your old college textbooks compared to the end of a semester. At the end of a semester you have two things going against you. First, that’s when everyone else is selling their books. More competition means lower prices. Second, since books for the next semester haven’t been announced, buyers don’t know which books they’ll need. So you might be able to sell a book that will be worthless in a few months since they are buying some of everything, but you’re unlikely to get as good a price for the books that will be needed.

Fast forward to this time of year, right before the start of a fall semester. Now, few people are selling books and those books that are needed are in high demand. Both of those factors means

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We all have horror stories about how we were mistreated, overcharged, or otherwise screwed by a bank at some point in our lives. If we find this happening again and again, it’s quite possible that we’ve chosen the wrong bank. The choice of a bank is less about whether a bank is good or bad, but whether it is good or bad for you.

The bank that I use is notorious for infuriating some of its customers. There are websites out there whose sole purpose is to bash my bank and tell all the reasons why it’s so horrible. I laugh when I see people getting so worked up about this because I have never been charged the ridiculous fees described, received anything but the best customer service, and have had a simply wonderful banking experience. Clearly they are the wrong bank for some people, but the right bank for me. In fact, in addition to having a checking and savings account with them,

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