I pride myself on being as real as possible with anyone who reads this site. Its why I share real-world numbers and examples, its why I acknowledge our well above average income (We worked hard for it, and it cost us a S*%t ton of money in student loan debt, but you should still know […]
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Dude, Just Effing Do It
Humans are weird. We know what we should be doing. With all the information constantly smashed into our face its hard not to. We also know how to do it, or at least find the resources we need to make it happen (A.K.A. Google). But we still procrastinate and ignore the common sense voice in […]
FI Action Series: Debt Domination Strategies
We have been plagued by my Student Loan debt for just over 6 years now. An $85,000 hole that I put is in by making some fairly poor decisions in college (using loan money to fund my lifestyle being the main one). I know how demoralizing debt can be firsthand. It sucks having to bust your ass just […]
In 3 Years We Paid off $60,000 in Debt while Building a $90,000 Nest Egg
A lot has changed in the last 3 years, we have gone from the typical “Little savings and debt-ridden” American household that dominates the headlines to a debt dominating, money saving machine. Over the last 3 years, we have paid off $60,000 in non-mortgage debt principal and added just over $90,000 to various savings and […]
Don’t squander this opportunity every year
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen that I got some good news early last week: Better late than never, but it is frustrating to wait 17 days to know how much more money you are making. If any of you are in HR, don’t torture your employees! Get that information in front […]
1 Debt 2 Debt, Bad Debt Good Debt
Todays post comes from Paul who blogs at The Code to Riches 1 Debt 2 Debt, Bad Debt Good Debt I have a terrible confession to make. I know there are LOTS of financial bloggers out there that are going to disagree with me, and in fact I would say some of the most famous personal […]
From Financial Dumpster Fire to FIRE Pursuant
Long time readers know that we were not in a good place before we got serious about turning our financial life around. But I don’t think I have shared all the parts that contributed to our situation or “Financial Dumpster Fire” as I like to call it. The story is a little on the long side, […]
