Today I'm giving a mid-year update on the 2017 money resolutions I shared in January. It's been a busy year so far and I've made quite a bit of progress. To make things simpler, I've divided the original list of 16 resolutions into three categories below: "Completed", "In Progress", and "To Be Done". Here we go... Completed Earn extra money. I had a $4,000 "plug" … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
Millionaire Interview 12
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... How old are you (and spouse if applicable, plus how long you've been married)? We are 49. We have been married for 18 years. Do you have kids/family (if … [Read more...]
How to Save on Food Costs
Today's post is written by Mrs. ESI Money, an expert on saving money. :) There are certainties in life we all experience: death, taxes, and shopping for food. One of these doesn’t have to be painful. In the decades that I’ve been the family food provider, I’ve learned a few things that have eased the burden of the experience and actually made food shopping fun. Well, … [Read more...]
Pay Off Debt or Invest?
You probably noticed that I've only been posting twice a week since Memorial Day. I decided that I was going to take much of the summer off -- having a GREAT time BTW. I also thought you are probably doing the same and that two posts per week were more than enough for now. I'll go back to three a week after Labor Day. That said, sometimes an idea or situation pops up and … [Read more...]
Why I’m Done with Lending Club
As many of you know, I've been a P2P investor for almost two years. For those needing to catch up, here's my last P2P results update. I had weathered the Lending Club scandal of firing its CEO and thought all was well. I was pulling money out to get me down to the $50k mark or so, but I was planning in sticking with them after that. Then in late May I received an email … [Read more...]
Millionaire Interview 11
Here’s our latest interview with a millionaire as we seek to learn from those who have grown their wealth to high heights. Let me know if you're a millionaire and would like to be interviewed for this series. My questions are in bold italics and his responses follow in black. Let's get started... How old are you (and spouse if applicable, plus how long you've been … [Read more...]
Picking the Right Early Retirement Health Insurance: Samaritan Ministries Delivers
Summary: This post tells how Samaritan Ministries' health sharing ministry has performed for us as early retirement health insurance. To catch everyone up on this series, in part one I talked about the health insurance options we considered as part of early retirement. In part two I discussed why we selected Samaritan Ministries for our health insurance. In this last … [Read more...]
Picking the Right Early Retirement Health Insurance: Selecting a Winner
Summary: This post tells which health insurance option we selected for early retirement and why. In part one of this series I listed the various health insurance options we considered to cover us during early retirement. In this part I'll tell you which one we selected and why. And there's a suspenseful ending, so be sure to read all the way through. ;) Early … [Read more...]
Picking the Right Early Retirement Health Insurance: Reviewing the Options
Summary: This post gives thoughts and suggestions on how to pick the right early retirement health insurance. Religion and politics. Two things you're not supposed to discuss in public. On this blog I try to avoid these like the plague because, in the end, I don't think anyone cares what I think on either topic. But I'm going to have to wade into both to talk about … [Read more...]
Peak Performers Can Earn More
Here's an interesting piece from Kiplinger which agrees with what I've said several times about getting annual raises as well as working to grow your career. I wanted to highlight it because I get a lot of push-back from readers on the issue of annual pay increases. Many say it's simply not realistic to get higher than 3% raises consistently. Yes, it is. I've personally … [Read more...]
