Humans Need To Travel If we were to go back thousands of years, humans would Travel or what we’d call migrate. They’d migrate away from dangerous areas where predators often hunted them. People would migrate to find water, food, land to begin farming and plant crops. They’d then continue to migrate to those areas where others have … Read more
As I continue my journey towards retirement, I’ve been thinking about if I’d be able to, or how could I plan on retiring from my W-2, day job at the age of 55. We have some things to consider now that I’m an empty nester, and working on this path to retirement. This began as … Read more
Wow, the last six months have flown by. We had begun the year of 2021 still in this shroud of mystery. There was still so much uncertainty during the Covid-19 Pandemic. We weren’t sure if we were going to have a vaccine ready and was there going to be enough? If a vaccine was available, who would be … Read more
Some of you have already been contributing to a 529 Savings Plan for your children. You may have been doing this for years. I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know what this was, or how to use one until after my kids were older, and only a couple of years from graduating high school. It is Really … Read more
In this post, I’m going to discuss healthy eating, weight loss, and being active. What does this have to do with personal finance? Well, I’m going to bet against myself with REAL MONEY that I can meet my fitness goals, and I’ll also win additional money! The nature of this program is a site & … Read more
When you, or someone you work with loses their job, it can cause some uneasy feelings and anxiety. We often think to ourselves, “What if that was me that was let go?” Or “It could have been me, what would I do if I lost my job?” It Could Happen To Anyone It could happen … Read more
I have spoken many times about shopping generic can save you money. In this previous post, we discussed how the price differences on many things, and when generic is perfectly fine. I do mention that for some things, it is better to shop brand name. There are times when you paying more for a higher … Read more
In this edition of “Bank of Dad” our columnist tackles the age-old question: how the hell can I get better at saving money? — Read on http://www.fatherly.com/love-money/psychological-hack-save-more-money/
It seems like only yesterday. Nervously, I pressed the ‘Publish’ button on WordPress. I had, actually, made the decision that I wanted to share my personal journey to retirement. It was exciting to join all the other bloggers and podcasters that have continued to inspire me every day. The list is so long. Here are some, … Read more
Wow…this year is crazy, right? I’ll be honest, 2020 keeps kicking me in the balls! We have a global pandemic, people dying everyday that are infected by this new strain of virus called Covid-19. a shutdown of most of the US economy as we continue to try and prosper in this world of quarantine. We … Read more