It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Get ready, because here comes… a short update! A few things have happened, but nothing groundbreaking. The site is now officially indexed on Google, meaning it can at least be found by some...
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Retail Arbitrage Update – Jan 27, 2018
It’s been a couple of weeks since I last updated my progress with retail arbitrage. Truth be told it’s not as easy as it sounds. All of my listings have gotten some attention, and all of them are for products...
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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...
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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...
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The Real Cost of Fitness
Ok the headline of this post is kind of a joke. In a perfect world there should be no cost to fitness. Of course this isn’t a perfect world, and we have to make do with what we have. I...
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Retail Arbitrage Update – Jan 10, 2018
Just a quick update to my original post here. All of our listings are still posted on eBay. They’re generating a fair amount of interest in the form of views. This suggests on the surface that at least the items...
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Figuring Out Retail Arbitrage
I’ve known for years about people who make a living off of reselling stuff they bought online. For one reason or another it never crossed my mind that I could be one of those people. They always struck me as...
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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...
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Structured Saving
I’ve read before that the wealthiest people don’t use daily or monthly budgets. Maybe that’s true in some respects. But those wealthy people got that way through fiscal responsibility, which at some point had to include some measure of a...
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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...
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