Today’s post is a special “repeat” of sorts. Special, because it’s a duet featuring blogger friend Amanda Kruse and yours truly. I wanted to stitch these two pieces together on how to live a life of no regrets and making every moment count. It’d been a…
READ MORELife Purpose and Lifestyle
Your lifestyle and life purpose are the crucial variables that often get lost in the figures and spreadsheets of personal finance. Topics range from relationships, to avoiding regrets, and limiting social media consumption.
Is a Fitbit Worth It? An Honest Review of the Charge 3
This thing on my wrist. Why did I choose to put it there? What possible good can come from strapping on some electronic tagging device to my person? After logging thousands of steps, I’m debating is having a Fitbit Charge 3 strapped to my wrist 24×7…
READ MORETop 1% Income Statistics: How Much Money Do U.S. Fat Cats Make?
Pop quiz: How much money do U.S. top 1% income earners make? $500,000 per year? $5,000,000? I believe most of us don’t have a clue. How far off are my guesstimates? If being in the top 1% is a goal, should households aim for such staggering…
READ MOREHow to Do More Pull-Ups
Have you had enough of personal finance bloggers coming at you with their physical fitness makeovers? No? Awesome. Because I’m about to fire up a few paragraphs on how to do more pull-ups! After all, they are the end-all and be-all of strength exercises. And as…
READ MORESuburbs vs City: Why the City Always Wins
Thanks to being an urban planning major in college, I have a pretty good pulse on how cities develop, change, decline, and gentrify over time. If I had a choice over where to retire, I would probably look for a mountain retreat, far away from it all….
READ MOREHow to Find Your Purpose and Passion in Life
Happiness? What is this elusive feeling we chase like a cat after a laser pointer? We’re nuts about the topic. In a society that has all of the material-wealth it could ever need, we continue to come up short. The post sets out to answer the…
READ MOREAre You Afraid to Get Rich?
Thank goodness for Yahoo! Finance. I had almost thought every topic on personal finance and money, in general, had been thoroughly exhausted, until I came across the headline, “Why we’re too afraid to get rich“, by reporter Alyssa Pry. Today, we’ll dig into a rarely explored…
READ MOREHow to Not Worry About Spending Money
Any day now. It’s coming up. The annual wintertime vacation to someplace WARM. And this ritual has me pondering how to not worry about spending money and just have FUN. Time to tuck the budget away and unwind… In two weeks, the Cubert family will be…
READ MOREMillionaire Next Door Formula for Living the American Dream
If someone asked you how to live the American Dream, what would you tell him or her? Most would respond with something like, “Own a nice house near good schools”, “Have a high-paying job or own a successful business”, “Be able to send Junior to a…
READ MOREMake Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick for Health and Wealth
It’s never too early to start thinking about what to change in your life next year. Understanding how to make your New Year’s resolutions stick can be a very useful tool for self-improvement. You just have to lean-in and commit. Don’t be like all those people…
READ MOREA Happy Wife Makes a Happy Early Retirement Life
I started drafting this post on the day of our 11th anniversary. My ever-beautiful, awesome, and happy wife shared with me that morning how cool it was to have our special day on a Saturday, just like our original wedding day. I figured it high time…
READ MOREQuitting the Peace Corps: Why I Backed-Out
Way back in late 2001, yours truly got laid-off. After being in the workforce for a little over five years after college, this came as a bit of a shock. I thought I had it all figured out, and was “well on my way.” Here’s the…
READ MOREThe Benefits of Free-Range Kids
Today’s post is all about the economics and developmental benefits of free-range kids. While enjoying the lovely scenery here in northern Michigan, I’ve read up on Lenore Skenazy’s hugely popular book first published in 2009. Almost half-way through, the gist is pretty clear: Parents have become…
READ MOREBeing Debt Free Can Be Costly
Today’s post Being Debt Free Can Be Costly is contributed by Amy Nickson, a passionate writer on finance. Amy is a professional blogger who has started her blog and also works as a contributor to the Oak View Law Group. Please share your opinions by commenting…
READ MOREThe Benefits of Retiring Early vs. Perceived Risks
Since the clock went back an hour a few weeks back, I’ve been dreading the darkness that awaits after the workday is done. The dark and cold got me to thinking about life after my cubicle escape. At this point, the benefits of retiring early are…
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