Chris 
I recently came across this post on Money After Graduation. As a single guy that has been on a handful of dates, this has been an area of anxiety. For instance, I recently went on a date in which we ordered an appetizer, and she had two classes of wine. Once you added my Diet … Read more
I used a simple budget to make this year’s state fair experience the best yet! By quickly setting up a budget, and planning ahead of time, it allowed for my family and I to enjoy a day of guilt free spending. The Great Minnesota’s Get Together. This is the slogan that is refrained throughout the … Read more
In this post we’ll look at if it’s worth it to rent your RV for fun and profit. While I may be a nerd, and totally geek out over technology, 80’s action figures, and vintage video games, I still like to get my wilderness on. Some of my greatest memories of hanging with my dad, … Read more
Why do I aspire to be financially independent? Why do any of us pursue financial freedom? How far would you go for financial freedom? This is the question that author and filmmaker, Scott Rieckens, hopes to answer. Scott captures the truths and dispels the myths of the growing culture known as FIRE: Financial Independence Retire … Read more
This one is pretty simple and straight forward. But it was a great way for our family to continually eat out every week FOR FREE! Let’s jump in the way-back machine. Back in 2005-2010. That’s a wicked-long time in the tech world. This is when I was working as a Technical Services Specialist at a … Read more
Thanks for coming back for the next step in my journey to retirement after divorce. In Part One, we reviewed how divorce caused me to be intentional with how I spent, and saved my money. With these next posts we’ll dig in a little deeper in each of the steps I took in the very … Read more
Should you pay off your mortgage? There has always been the debate if one should pay off their home mortgage or not. One can argue that if the interest rate of my home mortgage is 3.75% or lower, why would someone pay off the balance of this mortgage, when you can earn a potentially higher … Read more
You Could Use Some Extra Cash Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could earn a little cash as you just drove from one place to another? Let’s say you were driving from one business meeting to another, and during that time you could earn just a little bit of money. Enough to offset the gas, … Read more
After dinner the other night, I had mentioned to my buddy that I was stopping to donate Plasma, and it was a pretty good side hustle. He was a little shocked, and mentioned, “I thought only poor people do that!” Not so! I have recently began to donate Plasma once or twice week. It’s … Read more
Can You Get Ahead Without A College Degree? “So, where did you get your undergrad?” This was the question a colleague asked me upon starting my new role as an Enterprise Systems Engineer about a year ago. Feeling a bit self conscious, and embarrassed… I replied, “I actually don’t have degree. I don’t have a … Read more