Jason Unger

Introducing Automatic Finances

Posted by junger - 07/06/09 at 01:07:07 pm

For the past few months, I've been developing a brand new personal finance site featuring my first published ebook — Automatic Finances: 17 Days to Your Financial Freedom.

Automatic Finances promises to set yourself up for financial success and spend less time getting there.

Using tools freely available online and a mindset dedicated to reaching your goals, you'll learn how to:

• Track and categorize all your spending
• Find your net worth and watch it grow
• Save money and invest for the future without pinching pennies
• Ensure your money is getting the highest rates of return possible
• Have your bills paid automatically and never write a check again

The system is designed so that in 17 days, you'll be spending less time worrying about your money and more time watching it grow.

We've already got a good 3 months worth of blog posts, with contributions by former Online Savings Blog writer Fred Seigmund, and buddies Lee Distad and Louis.

Check out the site now, and download the first three chapters of the ebook absolutely free.

Laid Off

Posted by junger - 07/01/09 at 06:07:46 pm

Three weeks ago, I was laid off.

It wasn't exactly a surprise — the writing was on the wall — but nevertheless, it's one of those things you hope doesn't happen to you.

But it did. And so all of a sudden, the company I'd worked for since the day I graduated from college, no longer needed my services.

There was an unemotional conversation with my manager, the guy who'd hired me out of college and been my manager 4 out of the 7 different times I was shuffled around (yes, in 4 years). Then the chat with HR, arguing over the difference between 'fired' and 'laid off.' It was difficult, especially because I consider us friends.

And that was it.

It was sad. But not a shock. The company had been through a few rounds of layoffs already (and a 10% paycut, which affected everyone), and things weren't turning around. And even though I can understand the business rational for the decision, it doesn't make it any easier.

It's one thing to move on from a position where you've essentially built a product and its reputation out of nothing. It's another to see it taken away from you.

My friend Ben Drawbaugh, upon hearing of my situation, posted a ridiculously kind recommendation on LinkedIn, which at least made me feel a little bit better.

I simply can't imagine CEpro.com without Jason. As far as I'm concerned he built that site and everything I liked about it.

This is how I felt about the site. Really, this is how you feel about anything you build from nothingness.

There's a lot more to this story, including how I got a job offer the day after I was laid off. I'm not sure it's appropriate to post now, but I will share it. Stay tuned.