No Debt Plan » Mistakes http://www.nodebtplan.net A personal finance blog teaching you how to live debt free and use credit wisely. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Welcome to Excusoria, the Land of Incomplete Taskshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/07/welcome-to-excusoria-the-land-of-incomplete-tasks/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-to-excusoria-the-land-of-incomplete-tasks http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/07/welcome-to-excusoria-the-land-of-incomplete-tasks/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:00:05 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=1347 I didn’t really have an article planned for today. This in and of itself seemed to be a good idea for post. Hello and Welcome to Excusoria, the Land of Incomplete Tasks We all make excuses for not doing the important (and perhaps unimportant) things in our lives. You don’t have that report done for [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/07/welcome-to-excusoria-the-land-of-incomplete-tasks/feed/ 5 Mistake: How I Wasted Money at Firehouse Subshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/05/mistake-how-i-wasted-money-at-firehouse-subs/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mistake-how-i-wasted-money-at-firehouse-subs http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/05/mistake-how-i-wasted-money-at-firehouse-subs/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:02:09 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=1326 I made a mistake earlier this week with a purchase and thought it might be of use to my readers. I’ve written about how everyone makes mistakes in the past. Honestly, the first thing I thought of after I realized I had goofed was “I should write about this”. I’m not sure if that’s a good [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/12/05/mistake-how-i-wasted-money-at-firehouse-subs/feed/ 5 A Six Step Guide to Asking for Fee Forgivenesshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/09/01/a-six-step-guide-to-asking-for-fee-forgiveness/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-six-step-guide-to-asking-for-fee-forgiveness http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/09/01/a-six-step-guide-to-asking-for-fee-forgiveness/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:48:04 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=356 I told you I wasn’t perfect on Friday. One slip up had suddenly cost us $100 in credit card and bank fees. I’m going to show you how I fixed the issue and cleaned up the mess I created. We’ll call it a six step guide to asking for fee forgiveness. What if we just [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/09/01/a-six-step-guide-to-asking-for-fee-forgiveness/feed/ 14 Release the Hounds: Our First Credit Card Finance Charge and Bank Feehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/08/29/release-the-hounds-our-first-credit-card-finance-charge-and-bank-fee/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=release-the-hounds-our-first-credit-card-finance-charge-and-bank-fee http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/08/29/release-the-hounds-our-first-credit-card-finance-charge-and-bank-fee/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:21:25 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=666 You’ve heard it time and time again from me: credit cards are not evil. I have admitted that the credit card companies do not necessarily have your best interest in mind. That’s fine with me, they are out for profit. Yet they have set the playing field up in a way that you can easily [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/08/29/release-the-hounds-our-first-credit-card-finance-charge-and-bank-fee/feed/ 19 10 Steps to Avoid Becoming a Millionairehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/05/08/10-steps-to-avoid-becoming-a-millionaire/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-steps-to-avoid-becoming-a-millionaire http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/05/08/10-steps-to-avoid-becoming-a-millionaire/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:20 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=202 Hey Stumble Upon visitors! Thanks for coming by. Please stick around, subscribe to the site (RSS / e-mail), follow me on Twitter, and feel free to comment! If you enjoyed the article, give it a thumbs up on Stumble Upon, or share it with some friends. Check out some of my other most popular posts [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/05/08/10-steps-to-avoid-becoming-a-millionaire/feed/ 81 Homeowner Mistake #1: Weed Killer on Clearancehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/04/04/homeowner-mistake-1-weed-killer-on-clearance/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homeowner-mistake-1-weed-killer-on-clearance http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/04/04/homeowner-mistake-1-weed-killer-on-clearance/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:00:13 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=106 This is our first spring in our new house. We are getting to learn — and spend — money on landscaping, grass upkeep, etc. I mowed my parents’ yard growing up, and spread fertilizer when they told me to. I never really got into all of the details of what fertilizer to put on, and [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/04/04/homeowner-mistake-1-weed-killer-on-clearance/feed/ 7 Mistakes: Impatiencehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/03/24/mistakes-impatience/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mistakes-impatience http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/03/24/mistakes-impatience/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:00:33 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/03/24/mistakes-impatience/ Read some other financial mistakes. Perhaps you are not a procrastinator like myself. You’ve got your list organized, and you are ready for life to change. You’ve got a budget, you’ve planned ahead, and you are now anxious to see results. “Why aren’t we out of debt yet?” “Why can’t we retire yet?” “Why isn’t [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/03/24/mistakes-impatience/feed/ 1 My Dumbest Purchasehttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/03/13/my-dumbest-purchase/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-dumbest-purchase http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/03/13/my-dumbest-purchase/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:23:17 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/03/13/my-dumbest-purchase/ Debt Kid is giving up his Nintendo DS Lite to listen to some dumb purchase stories. I’ve seen it on several other PF blogs, so what the heck here’s mine. Also check out Debt Kid’s blog in general. An interesting story that is going to be an uphill climb. Best of luck, Debt Kid. My [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/03/13/my-dumbest-purchase/feed/ 2 Everyone Makes Mistakeshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/01/21/everyone-makes-mistakes/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everyone-makes-mistakes http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/01/21/everyone-makes-mistakes/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:02:55 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/2008/01/21/everyone-makes-mistakes/ The original title of this post was going to be “The Story of the Gas Bill and the Bounced Check.” That seemed a bit long, but we’ll get to those details shortly. Everyone Does It Everyone makes finance mistakes. Seriously! Every person out there at one point in time has done something boneheaded, something stupid [...]

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