Discussing Your Finances

Filed Under (Rambling) by Jeff on 31-01-2008

Have you ever noticed that people cringe when you bring up money?  Do you feel that you are really not sure what you are supposed to do?  What do you think when someone tells you that they just bought an RRSP?

Money is the last taboo

I have been thinking about some of this stuff lately, and noticed that when I bring it up with some people that they cringe.  It seems to me that money is really one of the last socially awkward converstation topics.  Sex, not really a problem.  People will talk openly about sex and relationships which is huge.

However that said I think that money is one of the most important things that people should be thinking about, and not becuase I am some capitalist pig.  It is because it is one of those things that is so simple, but the industry makes look so complex.  You know how it is, you go to the bank and they try to sell you this and that, they are salesmen and therefore you don’t really feel like you can trust them.  All of this makes it seem hard, when it really isn’t.

Money/Finance Blog

I am going to start to mingle the odd money/finance post into this site to try to point people in the right direction.  Since I am in my mid-20’s that is really what I know, and my ideas and comments will probably apply to those in the same age range the most.  I will try to point you to other blogs, and tools that you can use to assess where you are and ways to set goals so that you know where you want to be.

KISS (Keep it Simple STUPID <- Engineers Moto)

And most of all I will try to make it as simple as I can, because money is a tool, and people should learn to use it as such.

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