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Product of The Month: The Avid Investor Daily Planner!

January 16, 2019

Hey guys! Have a fun little planner to share your way today, created by a fellow reader of the blog, Michael Murphy :) I’m not a huge stock trader/picker myself, but I do know the power of tracking your finances, and thought some of you might really like the idea behind this bad boy. If so, use the promo code at the end to get […]

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I want you to love your money like this guy!

January 15, 2019

There’s a saying that if you really want something bad enough you’ll find a way to make it happen. Kinda like when you’re a broke ass college student, yet always manage to score booze every weekend ;) I don’t know how badly you want freedom right now, but I can tell you this guy below sure wants it! I just spent ~10-12 hours analyzing our […]

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The Best Banks and Financial Products of 2019

January 14, 2019

Morning, friends! If you’re on the hunt for a new bank or credit card or financial app right now, this post is for you. MyBankTracker.com just came out with their annual “Best of Banking Awards,” and while I don’t typically share lists like this, I’m trying to be a better blogger about it as I know y’all are always looking for good recommendations ;) Peruse […]

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Our Most Popular Blog Posts From 2018

January 11, 2019

Happy Friday!! Here are the most popular articles from the blog across all of 2018, ranked by *most clicked*. And not surprisingly, almost half of them are guest posts we featured! Hah! Guess my life isn’t juicy enough for you guys???! 😂 As always, you can find links to these “best of” lists in the sidebar here, and I’ll also post them down at the […]

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PS: We now have a weekly newsletter!

January 10, 2019

What up what up! Day #6 of daily blogging and we’re still going strong! You enjoying them so far? Like the change? Wish I’d go back to M,W,F posting? Can’t do that last one just yet as I’m having too much fun (!), but I did just create a *weekly* digest if you’re getting these articles in email and prefer to not have your inbox […]

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Your mission today: send $50 to that elusive goal of yours!

January 9, 2019

I was asked the other day what my biggest lesson learned in 2018 was, and the answer to that was a pretty simple one: I learned that I was doing a lot more THINKING than I was DOING. With my goals, with my ideas, with small stupid things that would have only taken 20 minutes to test, etc. I was in my head over analyzing […]

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A useless but fun perspective on money.

January 8, 2019

That was the subject line of a note I just got in response to yesterday’s net worth post, and the contents did not disappoint ;) Here’s what my new favorite person shared: J, Sometimes I do this to get a new, fun perspective on money: a.) Convert the length of your dollars (6”) to feet, $791,150 = 395,575 ft. b.) Convert 395,575 feet to miles = […]

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A New Net Worth Record: $791,150.37 [Down $61,000!!]

January 7, 2019

Joke: What has two legs, spikey hair, a charming personality, and has lost $110,000 in the past three months? Oh, it’s this guy! 👈👈 Haha… And the cherry on top? We now have a new world record for the biggest drop in a month – $61,000, BOOM. Way to beat out the $60k loss from two months earlier! Here’s a look at how this year’s […]

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6 great new financial resources 💪💪

January 4, 2019

I did a LOT of reading over the break and came across a ton of new resources in the process. Here are a smattering of them which should hopefully point you in the right direction depending on your current journey :) If you found any good ones lately I’d love to hear about them too! ****** #1. A free budgeting spreadsheet! This ones comes from TheMeasureOfaPlan.com, […]

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Back and ready to rock! Who’s with me??

January 3, 2019

Boy – a guy goes away for a few weeks and the stock markets crash, the government shuts down, and my beloved Redskins go on to crash and burn! I’m never leaving again!!! ;) Not gonna lie though – it was a great escape for a few weeks spending time with my thoughts and family, and I’m finally ready to pretend I have a real […]

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A Christmas Sabbatical 🎄🎄🎅

December 7, 2018

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott You know those people who quit their jobs and then sell everything they’ve got to go on an epic life-changing adventure? Well, I’ve never had the balls to pull off something like that before, haha, but every now and then I do get glimpses of changes I […]

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A Bunch of Q&A’s on 529s, Cell Phones, Money Coaching, Minimalism, Blogging, Life, and Business

December 5, 2018

Hey hey! Got a batch of new questions passed my way over the months, and thought I’d share some of them here in case anyone else is wondering the same things… If there’s something you’ve always wondered about, check out our past Q&As to see if we’ve already answered it, or pass me a note here and I’ll hit you back as soon as I’m […]

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Net Worth Report: $851,800.32 (+$9,619.40 // +1.14%)

December 3, 2018

Well this was a much less exciting month! And I’ll take it every time, haha…. (SlowAndSteadyIsSexy.com!) Good to see all those reds turning back to greens though after last month’s blood bath, and now if we can only find an extra $50,000 laying around we’ll be fully caught up ;) But that’s the way the game goes right? Can’t be UPS all the time, so […]

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Pop Quiz: How do you feel about the money you spent this week?

November 30, 2018

Are you pleased with it? Horrified? Don’t even want to know so you’re going to click away now? ;) Let’s do an exercise today where we look back at what we spent this week and see how we feel about it all… It’s good to do a surprise check-in every now and then! Fill in the blanks below: Money I loved spending this week: _____________ […]

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