I read a story recently about high school science teacher who ate every meal from McDonalds for 90 days. He had members of his class pick his meals, but they had to keep his intake to 2000 calories a day as well as do their best to stick … [Read more...] about Success is All About Choices
Image courtesy of cooldesign / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I have a 401K plan as well as a pension through my employer, and my wife and I are looking at finally opening that Roth IRA this year. What we don’t have is any kind of private … [Read more...] about Starting My Investment Portfolio Using Fee Free Loyal3
Sometimes you just need a little extra motivation to get something done. I got just such a push when my son came down from his room and asked if we could hook up our 22†wide screen high definition monitor to his computer sometime just to see what … [Read more...] about I Gave Away My Computer Monitor As Motivation To Declutter
Random acts of kindness. You hear about them from time to time, a bill for a meal is mysteriously paid for, or someone pays for the toll for the next 10 cars in line. They’re usually done anonymously, and are small token gestures meant to … [Read more...] about My Experience With a Random Act of Kindness
There’s no shortage of personal finance advice. If you browse the internet, you certainly know that. Every major news reporting or browser web page has a finance tab you can click to read about how you can save money, or manage your money more … [Read more...] about What Financial Advice Do You Choose to Ignore?
I did something Sunday night for dinner that I haven't done for quite a while. My son tilted his head and looked at me like I was an alien speaking a different language when I told him what we were doing. I had our family eat together at the … [Read more...] about Is Family Meal Time A Thing Of The Past?
You know the saying, One man's trash is another man's treasure. The phrase never rung more true than the day I helped load a metal monstrosity weighing several hundred pounds into the back of a pickup truck. I discovered my love for grilling … [Read more...] about Proof That You Can Sell Anything On Craigslist
Oh checking account, why do you hate me so? Personally, I don't even understand why you're called a checking account given that I use my debit card far more than I write checks. I try to love my checking account, reconciling it as often as I … [Read more...] about Why I Should Reconcile My Checkbook Every Day
