Pragmatic Finance

JLP over at AllFinancialMatters from time to time will post a question of the day for his readers to answer according to their own personal situations. It’s very interesting to read the different and varying responses. He has decided to make a marathon of it during the month of August. Each weekday a different blogger is going to post a question to answer. I signed up and will be posting my question on Tuesday, August 29.

I will list each question and a link to it in this post. This post will be edited to include each question so be sure to check it out and return on the 29th to answer my question.

1. AllFinancialMatters asks If your budget required you to give up something you like because you just didn’t have enough money to cover your expenses, what would that be?
2. Caustic Musings wonders What is the weekly average cost per person for food in your household, including groceies, snacks, and eating out?
3. The Investimist asks What was the last thing you splurged on that you really didn’t need?
4. Experiments in Finance ask us How many credit cards do you have and what’s their combined credit limit?
5. FreeMoneyFinance ponders Which is more important to financial success: saving money (spending less than you earn through cost cutting) making your income as high as possible (earning more money)?
6. Single Ma wonders In terms of your annual gross salary, what percentage do you save? Are you happy with that amount or do you think you could do better?
7. Young and Broke wants to know If you had $10,000, one day, and one store to spend it in, what store would you choose?
8. Savvy Saver asks us If you had to pinpoint one financial decision (good or bad) that put you on the path to where you are now, what would it be? If you could do it over, would you change your decision?
9. Young Finance Guy wonders What do you consider an expensive night out?
10. Money Dummy inquires as to What’s the most unusual, quirky, or bizarre thing involving money that’s happened to your personally?
11. Steve Braun wants to know your opinion on What percentage of financial success comes from “financial skills” and what percentage comes from “character?” Share some examples to support your theory.
12. Mighty Bargain Hunter asks us What’s the best deal that you’ve ever gotten in a store?
13. Journey to financial Freedom ponders If you have any side income other than your paychecks. If so, how do you generate it?
14. Penny Foolish wonders What are your vices?
15. Consumerism Commentary ponders While growing up, what were you taught about personal money management by your immediate family and surroundings (direct or by example, positive and negative), and how do these ideas factor into your life now?
16. No Credit Needed gives us a two part question about What is the first and last thing you purchased on credit (debt)?
17. Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge asks us How much of a balance do you leave on your checking account/s?
18. Chipping away wonders If tomorrow you were to suddenly find yourself unemployed, what would your action plan be and how much trouble do you feel you would be in?
19. Udandi & the Craft of Money asks What is your hobby and how much money do you spend on it?
20. Money and Values wants to know Do you involve your values in your money decisions? If so, what are some examples? If not, why not?
21. I ask What factors affected the career you chose? Was it purely about pay or were there other aspects that influenced the decision?
22. City Girl’s Financial Blog wonders In the past 24 hours, what have you done in relation to money?
23. Get Rich Slowly asks What does money mean to you?

And that concludes the question of the day marathon. Thanks AFM for coming up with this great idea. It was a lot of fun and extremely interesting reading through all of the responses.