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Change Your Financial Family Tree

Kevin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:30:37 +0000

From the moment we come into the world we watch our parents closely. We learn how to navigate life. Whether it is how to speak politely or cook a good meal, our parents are there showing us the ropes. Dealing with all facets of money and finances is no different. We learn how money works [...]

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Embrace Life as an Adventure

Kevin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:00:57 +0000

Life is supposed to be an adventure. But… sometimes… does it feel like the complete opposite? Instead of adventure we get boring routine. Instead of adventure we get gray walls and cubicle desks. Instead of adventure we save our money and never go out and just wait for the day when we’ll be able to. [...]

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Things I Am Thankful for in 2010

Kevin — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:07:19 +0000

It’s two days after Thanksgiving: have you stopped being thankful? Not me. There are a lot of things I am very thankful for. Some of them are financial, but a lot of them aren’t. I can’t share them all or we’d all be here forever, but here’s a snapshot. Do any of these sound familiar [...]

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Three Somewhat Quick Financial Fixes: Did You Do Them?

Kevin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:00:28 +0000

In the past two and a half months I’ve mentioned three specific financial tasks for you to tackle: Use Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Balances by End of Year Make August Rebalance Your Portfolio Month Check Your Annual Credit Report (August Edition) Pop quiz: how many of those tasks did you do? Start Good Financial Habits [...]

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Go Radical: Sell Everything

Kevin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:39:43 +0000

In my last post on Radically Changing Your Life in Four Steps I told you I would provide some specific examples of radical change. The first post was more of the framework of how to change your life dramatically. Today’s post is the first post on a specific radically change you can make in your [...]

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Radically Change Your Financial Life in Four Steps

Kevin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:55:37 +0000

In an earlier post I promised to show you how to radically change your financial life this Christmas. This post is a big long, but I think it is worth reading! Leave me some feedback in the comments. Have I missed a step, or is this article spot on? Today I’m going to show you [...]

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Go Radical and Let This Christmas Change Your Life Permanently

Kevin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:00:30 +0000

Last week I shared how my wife and I are making Christmas radically different this year. In case you missed it: we’re not participating in a consumerist Christmas. We’re not buying each other gifts. (And we’re not saying that we’re not buying gifts, then surprising each other. We are really not buying anything for each [...]

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Find the Life You Want to Live

Kevin — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:57:17 +0000

Are you happy with your current life? Your career, your home, your retirement accounts… Are you living the life you want to live? The life you always dreamed of? Have a Vision for Your Life As with any other type of planning you need to have a goal in mind before you can put a [...]

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Anything Worth Doing is Difficult and Requires Sacrifice

Kevin — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:20:18 +0000

I’m slowly starting to dig myself out of the funk I’m in. Sacrificing is hard and although I’m a big proponent of it, man, it can be tough sometimes. I’m inspired to continue putting one foot in front of the other for several reasons: my wife is totally on board with our budget and our [...]

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What We Plan to Sacrifice

Kevin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:48:45 +0000

Yesterday I asked if you had the guts to make sacrifices necessary to reach your goals. Today I’ll tell you about changes we are making to hit some of our goals. We Talked About the Future A few days ago my wife and I started talking about our future. Before we got married we had [...]

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