The Latest From The Saving Advice Blogs

February - August 2026

Petunia in a Flower Garden
Fri - Sep 25 09:21pm
That time went by quickly! My aunt is doing better. She was moved to another location, closer to her daughter.  We did...
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Buddies in motion

Trying to keep Tabs on my finances
Mon - Sep 21 06:38am
Ok first of all, are your electric bills also high?  Talk about a shocker (heh heh), last month was at nearly $200 USD! ...
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Making Do

Frugal Foodie
Fri - Sep 18 09:45pm
Harvest is currently going on around us. We live in Central Illinois where the two main crops are corn and soybeans. It has b...
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A day in the life of Patient Saver

Save More, Spend Less
Sun - Sep 13 05:33pm
Today's been the kind of rainy day I like. Nothing torrential, just a nice, steady rain since early this morning. Like days o...
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August 2026 Net Worth

Firefly's Personal Finance Blog
Tue - Sep 01 09:52am
My TSP hit $1.8m this month for a high of $1.827m, but dropped to just barely under $1.8m by the end of the month. No worries...
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The Latest From The Saving Advice Forums

The Race to 10 Million

bjl584 • 25 Sep 2026 19:51:01
I heard the originator of this subreddit on a podcast. He went from 0 to a $10million net worth in a few years. Be prepared to think outside the box and take some risks, but there is some inspiration to be found race to 10 mi...
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Gas Prices where you live

bjl584 • 25 Sep 2026 19:48:57
Here in Western PA, Gas is around $4.19 a gallon. Diesel is $5.99 a gallon. I use a rewards program to get 3 cents off, plus the local gas station has an early bird special where they give you 10 cents off per gallon if you buy g...
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when you started here...

LivingAlmostLarge • 23 Sep 2026 22:11:05
When you guys started here did you have debt? A lot? A little? Did you change? I was looking back at my Net Worth in 2007/2008 and that was when our debt was the highest. We had around $50k in student loans then in 2010 we got a ...
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Poster Seeking Help for his in-laws

bjl584 • 23 Sep 2026 22:10:29
Please help, my 70 year old in-laws are in almost 100k of debt. My in-laws are in the negative and I’m trying to figure out the best path forward. They’re both 70. Fathers in-law has recently been diagnosed with cond...
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The Paperclip Maximizer - AI Thought Exp...

bjl584 • 22 Sep 2026 18:35:10
With AI systems going rouge recently, here is a thought experiment from around 20 years ago that tries to show how giving someone or something a goal can end in disaster The Paperclip Maximizer If a superintelligent AI is give...
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