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Real Estate kid brought you all up to speed on his finances and I figured that since I don’t have a progress bar here I might as well do the same. When I started writing here, I had $55,632.60 in debt. 27.6k were credit cards and 28k were loans. Today, about 3 months later, I’m [...]
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I’ve been feeling terrible ever since I woke up this week. I felt sore all weekend, but just figured I was sleeping wrong. Monday morning, however, I nearly puked during the night and came down with an awful sore throat, fever, and feeling very fatigued.
Swine Flu (H1N1) Symptoms
So, I checked into swine flu symptoms, just [...]
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I don’t know about you but I do not like shopping, even for essentials such as food and toiletries. I try to shop at one store and to do it as quick as possible. For groceries, Trader Joe’s is where I buy almost everything I eat. For toiletries and other household items I usually go [...]
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There’s something inherent about debt. In the back of our minds, a little voice says “owing somebody money is not a good thing.” The federal government just doesn’t have that little voice.
The US National Debt is over eleven trillion dollars right now. That’s not counting unfunded liabilities totaling an additional forty-five trillion. (A good example [...]
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Important Update: I did end up getting my diamond from Blue Nile. It’s amazing. I ended up getting a setting done custom by a small ring designer, but the diamond from Blue Nile was incredible. Great experience, amazing value compared to every diamond shop I checked out (Shane, Fred Meyer, Zales)
So, I may or may [...]
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ere’s a little update of where the month ended in my debt freedom journey. A tow truck pulls up to a bar….
Ok, just trying to make the whole major auto breakdown fiasco just a little less painful, but it’s still fresh in my memory. Long story short, we’ve got two five year [...]
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My girlfriend loves the song, “The Luckiest” by Ben Folds.
Lately, for a while now, I’ve been feeling pretty darn “Lucky”. Now, granted I believe a lot of luck is a result of hard work, but still.
Wonderful girlfriend? Check.
Emergency Fund. Check.
Good job. Check.
Good friends & family. Check.
I have goals and aspirations. But I have everything I [...]
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The two fastest things to slash from your spending are food and entertainment. You apply all that extra money to your debt and in six months, you’re bored and back in the hole.
It’s my experience that you can better manage your journey to debt freedom if you’re enjoying the time. If you’re miserable every minute—you’ll [...]
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I had an interesting situation come up this past week where an acquaintance from my church wants to meet up with me and discuss the non-profit work they are doing. The party disclosed right up front that they are in fund raising mode (which I appreciated).
My wheels are turning. And while I would love to [...]
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What’s your secret weapon? (IMAGE CREDIT: Freedigitalphotos.net)
I belong to a Web Site called Sparkpeople.com (I’m Jessc098 if you’re looking). It’s a free weight loss site with some really, really great tools and ideas and communities for people with a common goal (fitness and weight loss). I’ve been off-and-on-again active on the site for a few [...]
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