About Budgeting & Personal Finance: Cars, Retirement, And Against-the Grain Advice

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Budgeting & Personal Finance Budgeting & Personal Finance Plan for Big Events Retirement Budgeting 101 From Paula Pant, your Guide to Budgeting & Personal Finance  In today's newsletter, we cover: How to budget for car-related expenses, given that so many factors (e.g. repairs) are unpredictable. How to adjust for inflation when you're setting a retirement goal. How to track and manage your money if you're self-employed. What NOT to do -- general "bad advice" that everyone should avoid. Enjoy! Actions You Should Avoid in Order to Keep Your Budget On-Track C'mon, be honest: When you read advice about responsible financial planning, do you ever get the urge to pull that all-too-human stunt where you wind up doing something different, just because you like to go against-the-grain? If so, you'll enjoy this article about what NOT to do. Read more Do You Need to Factor for Inflation When You're Planning a Retirement Budget? Here's a vexing problem: It's relatively easy for you to think: "I'm happy spending $50,000/year or $90,000/year or $120,000/year today (whatever that number might be for you and your family.) And then you'll base your retirement projections on that number. But that's not necessarily the right way to plan for retirement. Read more How to Lower Your Car Transportation Costs It's hard to know what your car-related expenses are going to be in the future. Sure, you know that you pay $250 per month to the car dealership. But you don't know how much you'll need to pay for repairs, fluctuating gas prices, parking tickets, rising insurance rates, and more. Read more to learn how to budget for your car. Financial Tips for Freelancers Congratulations -- you decided to take the leap into self-employment. While this has a lot of perks, it also comes with the responsibility of tracking a lot more money. Read more to learn tips for freelancers and other self-employed people. Related Searches Budgeting Tips Budget Planner Budget Worksheet Budget Calculator Budget Spreadsheet Featured Articles Rules of Thumb for Saving and Spending Programs and Apps Money Websites, Magazines and Books True Stories and Tips from Readers Glossary and Definitions How to Optimize Your Finances   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Paula Pant Budgeting & Personal Finance Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Budgeting & Personal Finance newsletter. If you wish to change your email address, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Must Reads Eleven Rules to Make You Rich Interactive Budgeting Worksheets Create a Budget in 9 Simple Steps Three Traits of a Successful Budget Are You On Track for Retirement? Advertisement