New Yorker Gone, New Mag now???

A quick and easy call to The New Yorker and I canceled my subscription. They didn't try to resell me into the magazine. One more issue in the mail and a refund check too.

Various websites offer discount subscriptions. I'll look at the various glossy finance mags. This'll give me some reading material to thumb through on the commute between books. Easy to get through at one issue month.

On the forefront is Kilplinger offered for $12/yr from Amazon. Buck an issue isn't too bad.

Opportunity Cost of The New Yorker Subscription

Can reading The New Yorker delay my career and more?

This past fall I bought a two year subscriptions to The New Yorker Cost of $74 I believe. And a free tote bag. Since that first issue I noticed two things: 1)I’ve never completly read an issue before the next one arrived in the mailbox. 2)I’ve stopped reading pretty much anything else. No books. No training manuals. Nada. Amazon has mucho reviews about The New Yorker. There’s several common themes amongst the feedback.

Most reviewers agrees on one thing - it’s hard to finish reading cover to cover each week. Besides the point that the first sectional is happenings around NYC, there isn’t always good reading in those pages. Some of the pieces I don’t find of any interest. It’s hit or miss.

So, while my friend, a subscriber of 7 years will continue looking forward to his Tuesday mail, I’ll be calling in my cancelation. Aside from getting a partial refund, there’s a far greater benefit. More time to read other material. Particularly the various IT references that are interesting and have relevance in my professional career. I even need to study for assorted MSCE exams and such.

Financial Blog for Parents of Twins? What it is. What it ain't.

There's any number of blog that try and capture and gain your attention and readership. So I figure to make good and define the scope of this blog. I'd like to say is a personal finance journal that conveys the grown of a couple. But than came the twins. So it spun. But I like less about the hard numbers than the idea.

There's a little green. Saving money. Gaining growth. End goals. I'll look into this more and take a more detailed approach to what's in this blog.