I know that most of my readers are in the 25-39 crowd, but I think retirement, or our vision for retirement should really be in our minds from the onset of our careers.? While retirement can seem ions away, we should have have a conversation about retirement at the onset of adulthood. I know some …
I think most financial experts will tell you that 90% of success with money is really just behavior. ?You can make very little and leave something for the next generation if you are very wise about your spending and how you invest. ?Even my previous posts (here and here) were nothing about financial strategies but …
I’m currently sitting on the next to last row of a Southwest Airlines flight. ?Sometimes when flying domestically I wish I could look out the window and see below a “Welcome to Kansas” sign instead of seeing only?dry soil and lots of farmland and thinking, “Hmmm, Kansas?” Isn’t this true in life, we know the …
Throughout the last year, I’ve been reading a lot about habits. ?It’s really fascinating why we do the things we do- whether it’s our purchases at the store or our bedtime routine. ?Moreso, habits are changeable! So what habits do we need to let go of when it comes to money? ?I’m personally sick …
After my post last week titled Is Exhaustion the New Status Quo?, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I spend my time and perception I have about busy-ness. When Olen was born and I was struggling just to get two kids out of the house for playdates and whatnot, I told myself that this …
A few weeks ago on Facebook, another blogger posted this video from the Today Show in which the?anchors discussed whether parents should be able to pull their kids out of school for family vacations. ?It’s not just that the absences would be considered unexcused, it is actually considered illegal in some states. As a homeschooling …
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I listened to a podcast yesterday by Michael Hyatt (I was busy with the kids while I listened, but if you want to know the exact one, contact me and we can narrow it down) and Mr. Hyatt said that he read somewhere recently that exhaustion is considered to be the new status quo. …
