Goals Archives - Take This Job and Shove It

How I Increased My Amazon Affiliate Profits By Over 1,000% In 1 Year!

I’ve written about my foray into retail arbitrage and some of my dabbling in stock options, but oddly enough one of the the areas I’ve spent the least amount of time has turned out to be the most profitable! Despite...

6 Side Hustle Ideas to Make Money That Don’t Feel Like Work

If passive income is our ultimate goal, we’ve got to understand that to get there, we will have to work and work hard first. Side hustles are small jobs we can do on the side to supplement our income in pursuit of...

How to Save an Additional $20,000 a Year

What would you do with an extra $20,000 a year? Would you buy a car for cash? Maybe use it as a down payment on a new home? Would you invest it in the stock market or use it to...

Some Unintended Benefits of Seeking Financial Independence

For years and years we’ve all been told that the the standard operating procedure in this great American life is to be born, go to school, get a job, have kids and retire. The formula is painfully routine and in...

Blog Report – January 11, 2018

Not a lot has changed with the blog since last week. I’m trying to average one post a day, or 7 posts a week, in other words. Coming up with unique topics is proving harder than I thought. This actually...

When Does it Make Sense to Play the Lottery?

Are you a gambler? Maybe you have a weekly or monthly lottery budget? You probably already know this, but you might as well be throwing that money away. The current odds of winning the jackpot in Powerball are about 1...

3 Benefits of NOT Achieving Your Goals

Realistic goal setting is something I strongly advocate for people looking to leave their jobs and become independent. So many sites and blogs talk about how to quit your job in 365 days, or they jump so quickly ahead to...

How to Quit Your Job and Enjoy Life… The Great Lie

I “suffer” from a form of privilege that I’m hardly ashamed of. Somehow success, wealth, and happiness have become the modern day equivalents of the plague. To flaunt your successes is bigotry, but to parade your failures, trials and tribulations...