Most people would find a 16+ hour a day, 7 days a week job undesirable no matter how much the pay was. When it comes to making money, there is naturally trade-offs in time and energy. Today I was thinking about how much focus there is on building wealth and “making money” in our society. […]
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After initially moving into our house, we have had to do a lot of the necessary cosmetic fixes: clean, new blinds, new paint, work on the yard, etc. But when I look at our house and the things we can do to it, my mind immediately goes to some of the more expensive things. I’m […]
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Hey everyone! A bunch of us bloggers teamed together (just in time for the expensive holidays we are approaching), we’re giving away a new iPad Mini 16GB (and $50 towards a case) and $100 in cash! The Total Value (including taxes) of this giveaway is approximately $510! The First Place Winner will win the new […]
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We recently bought a home and it wasn’t staged one bit. In fact, they seemed to not have done much cleaning at all. Because of this, the home was on the market for over sixty days when we first saw it and over seventy when we put an offer on it. There was another result […]
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When I first started blogging, I didn’t blog about personal finance. I was a political blogger. A political post like this is not something you’d expect to see on a personal finance blog, but I figured it’s the day before the election so why not? When it comes to voting, I base my vote off […]
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Welcome to the weekly Saturday Quick Hits and Weekend Reading post! November already? Time flies. I have a morning full of yard work in front of me so wish me luck. We bagged 9 giant trash bags full of leaves already, and we haven’t even finished the front lawn. Also, since it has been in […]
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While surfing the web a few days ago I came across an interesting article at Bankrate.com about the 6 worst home fixes for the money. Most of these weren’t surprising: home office remodel, backup power generator, and upscale garage addition all made the list. Two of them stood out at me, though: bathroom addition and […]
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In the past I have mentioned how I have spent and continue to spend a lot of time improving my Excel skills. Developing these skills has helped me take on more at work (and spend less time doing it), improve processes, and generally be capable of doing things in Excel that others are not able […]
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Personal finance and quality of life go hand-in-hand. When you feel that things in your life are disorganized or cluttered it’s hard to feel like you have control. When you feel like things are organized and “in order,” it is a lot easier to feel like you have control over your life and makes tackling […]
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If you have a house like mine that does not have maintenance-free gutters, you probably know what a pain it is to deal with all the leaves and crap that fall in your gutters each Fall. For many the process goes like this: set up the ladder, climb it, clean the gutters, out, climb down, […]
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