The Financial Truth: There’s a limit to how much you can cut expenses, but there’s no limit on how much you can earn.
Remember, I told you this blog is not about extreme frugality. Instead, the focus is on the income side of the equation, because with income, the only limit is your own imagination and willingness.
Markets Don’t Go Up Forever!
Here are some questions that could be going through your head: With the market down close to 10% from the September high of 201.9, is this a buying opportunity? Should I be short the market betting there is more downside to come? Is the Bull Market over? How do I prepare for the next “opportunity of a lifetime?” After […]
Managing Debt: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Debt has such a negative connotation associated with it. I think most of the negativity stems from the irresponsible issuance and management of debt. The Great Financial Crisis of 2008 came with a massive unwind of debt that had been building up over several decades prior to this defining moment in history. Is debt bad? Is […]
I’m 28 years old, now what?
By the time this post goes live I will be 28 years old. But unlike many of my friends, I still don’t feel any older. In all honesty, I still feel like I am 16 years old but with a lot more knowledge and life experience. You could say that I’ve matured (even that is questionable), […]
We Don’t Have Our Parents American Dream
The world is changing. There’s a feeling in the air today, around America and throughout the world, that what people believed about financial security and prosperity is no longer true. A lot has changed in the last [six] years. You have three ways to react to these changes. First, you can stick your head in the […]
The Lyft Experiment
The best thing about this day and age is there are so many alternative ways to earn money. In a previous post I talked about how I was embracing the “Share Economy,” whereby you basically find a way to earn money with the “excess capacity” in the things you already own. A few posts ago I […]
