Based on the success of this blogging experience, I intend to devote an entire category of posts to how to create a blog. More importantly, I’ll write about how to actually make it thrive using what you know. Now, I haven’t...
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Frozenland and Groceries
Life in a temporarily frozen land A big winter storm raced through the area last night. I went to bed around 11:00 and it was raining a little bit. By 5:30am we had received about 5 inches of snow! Last...
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Finance Report – January 2018
I’ve seen on a few other blogs people tracking their finances chronologically. I like the idea. I was once told that in most cases, people are more comfortable talking openly about their sex lives than about their finances. I’m really...
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Side Hustle Shuffle
Momentum is a huge motivator when it comes to getting debt free and financially independent. As I’ve written before, for us luck and circumstance had a lot to do with us becoming debt free. Dave Ramsey advocates something called the...
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How We Paid Off $65,000 in Student Loans in 3 Years!
I know, I know, the headline sounds like a stupid catch phrase. Look, I’ll be up front with you, I’m not a financial prophet or guru. Much of my success revolves around luck and circumstance. A lot of it revolves...
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Are Student Loans Good Debt?
For a couple of years when we first got married, we were on the fence about how aggressively we wanted to attack our low interest debt. Student loans are interesting because they’re generally low interest, but the asset you’re paying...
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Nest Thermostat Review
I wanted to do a quick Nest thermostat review, since the timing is pretty appropriate, and I think I can find a way to make it financially relevant. Why we installed a Nest Thermostat to begin with We aren’t very...
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Cryptodiversification for Retirement
I thought I’d take a moment to write some initial thoughts about crypto currencies. These have been all the rage in 2017. Am I a participant in that rage? Yes I am. Do I recommend it for most investment or...
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Financial Freedom and How We Got Started
What better way to get this blog started than to talk a little about myself/ourselves. We have an About Us page that can help run you through the basics, but in the interest of creating a chronological record of progress...
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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...
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