http://www.thebrokeyuppie.com trudging slowly toward solvency. Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:32:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can I take this moment to tell you I'm doing pretty well? Since starting this blog I've upped my net worth a bit. I am paying down my debts. I am spending less on frivolous purchases and better controlling my urges to splurge. I have not bought any clothes, even ... http://www.thebrokeyuppie.com/2009/07/11/inching-out-and-happy-to-say-so/ The following is from his 1995 essay on commercial cruises entitled "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again." The quote's not explicitly about money - more about choices in general - but it's relevant all the same. And it's gorgeous prose. (All you prose lovers out there: read the ... http://www.thebrokeyuppie.com/2009/05/17/inspiration-from-david-foster-wallace-or-life-is-one-long-budget/ As a good yuppie should, I read The New Yorker, and this week's edition features an article that, aside from being fascinating, provided me some inspiration and a long-term goal. The article is about delayed gratification. More specifically, it's about a 40-year-long study on delayed gratification that is offering researchers insight ... http://www.thebrokeyuppie.com/2009/05/14/dont-eat-the-marshmallow/