Using Planwise to create a money plan

Have you heard of Planwise yet?  They’re an up and coming San Francisco based technology company that has created a pretty slick web app to help consumers plan out their finances.  The basic idea is that you give the app your financial stats – income, expenses, debts and so on – and then...

Estimating income and bills

I’m a little annoyed because I over-estimated my paycheque at my new job.  As a result, I’ve had to do some last-minute adjustments to my budget.  Part of it was due to uncertainty – not all of my deductions and benefits were processed until recently, for example, so my very first...

New job, new budget

Brian and I are both starting new positions this May.  As a result, we’ve updated our budget!  I mentioned before how it was important for us to avoid lifestyle inflation and I think we’ve done that.  At the same time, we want to give ourselves room to enjoy a small bit of our success.  Our...

Updates: April 22 – 28

My two year adventure (ordeal?) is over!  Last Friday, I wrote my last exam for the second degree program that I was completing.  This past weekend, I’ve been doing absolutely nothing.  It has been glorious.  However, I’m also already starting to feel a little disgusted with my idleness.  Time to...