Quarter 1 review of goals
Actually I guess its not a quarterly review as much as a trimester review. Jan- April. So part of making goals public is that they help you with accountability right? Well things have not been going...
View ArticleMoney Cycle: Spend, Worry, Earn
Spending money before its in your pocket. You know this is a frequent topic when it comes to money and often its used to illustrate poor financial habits. Some guy buying a big screen TV in...
View ArticleShooting for Early Retirement
I don’t remember and don’t want to go back and look at all the previous Traveling Wallet posts. But……Do you even know what our retirement goal is? I don’t think that I have shared it with you. I guess...
View ArticleGoals: 2nd Trimester Review 2015
At some point this trimester I realized I needed to focus my efforts. It’s not that it’s impossible to work on multiple things at once. It was more the fact that I needed to do a lot of learning. See...
View ArticleSurprise! Why me? Dealing with bad surprises
You know that feeling you get, you know when to feel like “I just can’t believe this is happening to me” and not in a good way. But in a Why me? way. That is how I was feeling lately. Why? Because of...
View ArticleGetting Laid………..OFF
The one gift you always hope to receive before the holidays is more time off. Of course, that’s paid time off. What you don’t hope for is that you walk in at the start of your shift on Monday right...
View ArticleNo employer match, Who cares?
I was just working on our Net Worth post and I was looking at this graph. and it just made me feel like man what a mistake! Your assets graph made you feel like what a mistake? Really?!?!? Yeah it did,...
View ArticleBig Savings & Happiness, Can you have both?
Last year we saved $72,360. (Deep breath) You have to give it a moment to let it sink in. At the start of 2015 we had made big goals to max out our 401k and IRA accounts. Then we also committed to...
View ArticleNet Worth Update : Our growth in 2016
Hey Traveling Wallet readers, It’s net worth update time. When I first posted my net worth out for the world to see, I wasn’t so sure how I felt about it. I’ll be honest I’m still a bit paranoid about...
View Article2016 Goals: Year End Review
It’s January, and you know what that means. Goals for 2016 This past year I decided to try something new. I had read that I could be more focused if I just chose one goal and really bore down on it for...
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