Comments on: My Personal Story: Background, Taxes, First IRA http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/ finance. money. action. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:02:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Want To Avoid The Rat Race When You Graduate? Try This - The Graduate Student Survival Blog - Graduate student Brandon Mendelson - Albany NY - Times Union http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-5874 Want To Avoid The Rat Race When You Graduate? Try This - The Graduate Student Survival Blog - Graduate student Brandon Mendelson - Albany NY - Times Union Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:35:49 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-5874 [...] Early. I started my first IRA at age 16 based on advice from my mom. Proof that teaching your kids about money is very [...]

[...] Early. I started my first IRA at age 16 based on advice from my mom. Proof that teaching your kids about money is very [...]

]]> By: david http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-5794 david Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:11:04 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-5794 Great Article. I definitely will introduce it to my daughter. Thank you for your great example David Great Article.

I definitely will introduce it to my daughter.

Thank you for your great example

David

]]> By: Madison http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-5790 Madison Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:28:32 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-5790 @ Melissa: Thanks for such sharing you story. I truly hope you will be able to teach your kids too! @ Mick: Here's an article that provides some more insight into the numbers: <a href="http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-new-retirement-lifestyle-cash-flow/" rel="nofollow">My New Retirement Lifestyle Cash Flow</a>. Hopefully that helps. @ Melissa: Thanks for such sharing you story. I truly hope you will be able to teach your kids too!

@ Mick: Here’s an article that provides some more insight into the numbers: My New Retirement Lifestyle Cash Flow. Hopefully that helps.

]]> By: Mick http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-5785 Mick Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:48:27 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-5785 I find it disappointing that you do not provide data. About how much were you making at each job? How much had you accumulated when you decided it was enough? Why is discussion of dollar amounts so taboo in our culture? People feel like telling others how much they make is like showing them their underwear! I find it disappointing that you do not provide data. About how much were you making at each job? How much had you accumulated when you decided it was enough? Why is discussion of dollar amounts so taboo in our culture? People feel like telling others how much they make is like showing them their underwear!

]]> By: Ken B. http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-4536 Ken B. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:23:19 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-4536 As one writer to another your story is well written, good job! Keep it up. (I assume your parents showed you my book that I wrote) As one writer to another your story is well written, good job! Keep it up. (I assume your parents showed you my book that I wrote)

]]> By: Melissa http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-4155 Melissa Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-4155 This article made me cry. I arrived on your site for the first time today, intrigued by a link from One Cavemans Journey, which I saw for the first time today as well. My point being that I stumbled across your post "I Quit" and was astounded to read that you are able to be a stay at home mom. "How old can she possibly be?" I thought. And then I read your little bio... and then came here to this article; back to my point: you made me cry. I am soon to be 36 years old, a child of a family full of people who are intelligent and physically capable but who were never taught about money. I have suspected up until now that there are things that "other people" ..."rich people" know, that I don't know. I've had vague, unsettling thoughts that there are "secret things" taught in wealthy families that weren't taught in mine. What I do know is that my dad worked until his body fell apart... and my 70 year old mother is working like a dog to barely "make ends meet," has no savings, and will retire on social security only with the balance of a 30-year mortgage on a house she's only lived in for nine years. Myself and two of my siblings are in even worse financial situations of varying degrees and circumstances: Good credit but astounding amounts of debt and zero savings (me and my sister) and trashed credit, no debt, renting, no savings, no prospects (one brother). My other brother lives a middle class life in a middle class town in middle america with a middling amount of debt, and a decent income with what I assume is an "average" retirement savings. I've always wanted to know someone who "KNEW THINGS" about money... so I could ask about the BIG SECRETS in life... ...but this is it? This is all it would have taken to change the lives of my entire family? It's a great post... I'm happy for you... I hope I can learn these things so I can teach my kids. Maybe that's how I'll be able to survive my retirement without living in a cardboard box! This article made me cry.
I arrived on your site for the first time today, intrigued by a link from One Cavemans Journey, which I saw for the first time today as well. My point being that I stumbled across your post “I Quit” and was astounded to read that you are able to be a stay at home mom. “How old can she possibly be?” I thought. And then I read your little bio… and then came here to this article; back to my point: you made me cry.
I am soon to be 36 years old, a child of a family full of people who are intelligent and physically capable but who were never taught about money. I have suspected up until now that there are things that “other people” …”rich people” know, that I don’t know. I’ve had vague, unsettling thoughts that there are “secret things” taught in wealthy families that weren’t taught in mine. What I do know is that my dad worked until his body fell apart… and my 70 year old mother is working like a dog to barely “make ends meet,” has no savings, and will retire on social security only with the balance of a 30-year mortgage on a house she’s only lived in for nine years. Myself and two of my siblings are in even worse financial situations of varying degrees and circumstances: Good credit but astounding amounts of debt and zero savings (me and my sister) and trashed credit, no debt, renting, no savings, no prospects (one brother). My other brother lives a middle class life in a middle class town in middle america with a middling amount of debt, and a decent income with what I assume is an “average” retirement savings. I’ve always wanted to know someone who “KNEW THINGS” about money… so I could ask about the BIG SECRETS in life…
…but this is it? This is all it would have taken to change the lives of my entire family? It’s a great post… I’m happy for you… I hope I can learn these things so I can teach my kids. Maybe that’s how I’ll be able to survive my retirement without living in a cardboard box!

]]> By: Mrs. Accountability http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-3040 Mrs. Accountability Fri, 16 May 2008 02:40:11 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-3040 I love your personal money story, you had lots of good exposure to handling money from a young age. Thanks for sharing, Madison! I love your personal money story, you had lots of good exposure to handling money from a young age. Thanks for sharing, Madison!

]]> By: Carnival of Money Stories #35 « Carnival of Money Stories - Read About Personal Finance http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-57 Carnival of Money Stories #35 « Carnival of Money Stories - Read About Personal Finance Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:31:40 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-57 [...] My Dollar Plan and their Personal Story. [...]

[...] My Dollar Plan and their Personal Story. [...]

]]> By: » Weekly Blog Roundup I, Guest Posts and Personal Stories on Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-49 » Weekly Blog Roundup I, Guest Posts and Personal Stories on Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:03:10 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-49 [...] My Personal Story: Background, Taxes, First IRA. The beautiful thing about personal finance blogs is that they are written by individuals with stories to share. It’s this personal story that makes any blog unique. This story from My Dollar Plan explains his influences on the way he thinks about money today. [...]

[...] My Personal Story: Background, Taxes, First IRA. The beautiful thing about personal finance blogs is that they are written by individuals with stories to share. It’s this personal story that makes any blog unique. This story from My Dollar Plan explains his influences on the way he thinks about money today. [...]

]]> By: Living Off Dividends http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-46 Living Off Dividends Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:03:46 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-46 what an inspiring story! It was so good I stumbled it! what an inspiring story! It was so good I stumbled it!

]]> By: Giveaway: Share Your Investing Story for a Chance to Win a Book | Moolanomy http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-35 Giveaway: Share Your Investing Story for a Chance to Win a Book | Moolanomy Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:06:49 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-35 [...] My Personal Story: Background, Taxes, First IRA @ My Dollar Plan [...]

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]]> By: Pinyo http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-30 Pinyo Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:00:23 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-30 Great story. You're lucky you have a really financially savvy mom. My mom is a really good seamstress, but I don't sew. :-) Great story. You’re lucky you have a really financially savvy mom. My mom is a really good seamstress, but I don’t sew. :-)

]]> By: Moolanomy - a personal finance blog http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-25 Moolanomy - a personal finance blog Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:50:04 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/my-personal-story-background-taxes-first-ira/#comment-25 [...] My Personal Story: Background, Taxes, First IRA @ My Dollar Plan Tags: contest, giveaway, investing, story, writingShare This [...]

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