Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
What I am doing to earn a living now started out as just a side hustle. I started in my spare time and over the course of a year I was getting pretty busy. There came a point when I felt like I was working two full time jobs. That’s when I had to make the decision: stay at my full time job or take
Happy Valentines Day! My daughters and I are having our own mini celebration today. We’re having our version of a fancy dinner, which I’m hoping will be a lot of fun for them. Other than that just a low key weekend. On to some good posts from others. From Dear Debt: What is Your Earliest Money Memory? I honestly have no idea what my earliest
So, as you may know I got a little itch to take some of my money and buy individual stocks. While my picks have widely fluctuated I can’t help but want to put even more of my savings in stocks. This is kind of weird because as of today I’m down about 10 percent. Still. I’m finding it hard to resist the urge. So, before
I’ve been reading The Happiness Project off and on over the last couple of months. I’ve finally gotten to the chapter where author, Gretchen Rubin, tries to buy happiness with material items. While my impression is that she is rather unsuccessful at this, her findings can be summed up as follows: Buying items that increase your quality of life make you happy Shopping can make
My brother had his second baby this Wednesday. Very exciting! My nephew stayed the night with me a couple nights while my brother stayed with his wife at the hospital. Despite the latest round of snow and ice we did make it up to the hospital so that he could see his new little sister. Here are some pictures of what town looked like this
I was recently doing research on the top careers that make $100,000 or more. As I began to type in “how to make $100,000” Google’s recommended searches came up. And there it was “How to Make $100,000 fast” Curiosity killed me. I wondered how often this was searched for, so I logged into my keyword tool and checked it out. Turns out it’s searched for
A couple weeks ago my aunt, who I’m very close with, went to California to visit with a family member. She called me during her trip excited about all of the information she was learning about choosing individual stocks. The family member that she visited is retired and buys and sells individual stocks as a hobby. And, apparently she does pretty well. My aunt got
It’s the last day of the month. Kind of hard to believe. Time really does go by fast. I know it’s been snowing like crazy all throughout the Midwest, including where I live, so I thought I do a round up up of winter related posts (or things you can do to prevent boredom.) Mr. CBB writes How We Cash in On Unused Clutter in
Chances are if you plan on getting an income tax refund you’re ready to file. For those of you planning to owe taxes this is probably a different story. I have filed my own taxes every year. I also prepare taxes for my brother and this year, a friend. Since I’ve always prepared my own taxes, have taken several accounting classes, and have had seven
For those looking to save money auto insurance is one of the first expenses to get slashed. Unfortunately, many people are oblivious to what they’re really switching when they shop for auto insurance. As we’ve previously discussed it’s extremely important to carry the right insurance coverage’s, especially when it comes to liability insurance. If getting a new auto insurance quote is on your agenda here’s
