Life’s Too Short to Live at Half Volume You know that moment when you crank your favorite song, and for those three minutes the whole world fades away? That’s how life should feel. Real and loud! But for too many of us, life’s stuck at a safe, polite volume. Right? we don’t want to disrupt … Read more
The global debt has surged to a staggering $315 trillion this year, marking one of the most significant increases since World War II. This massive debt wave has been driven by a confluence of factors, including the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to unprecedented levels of borrowing by governments and businesses worldwide. I’ve never really … Read more
Updated! I had a great opportunity to spend the evening with my son as we attended a live concert downtown Minneapolis last night. It reminded me of the happiness and fulfillment that can be experienced when we spend our money on what we value. Things that you value may be video games, Lego, good food, … Read more
Find Your People It can be hard to discuss personal finances with others. Many feel weird and uncomfortable when we discuss earning and investing our hard earned money. It’s true, that when you bring these topics up with your family of friends they often look at you like you are crazy! Especially when you start … Read more
I was having a discussion with a friend about the cost of living in retirement. I’ll have a future post breaking down some lower cost of living areas in the United States. However we got on the topic of other areas in the world, and how it is possible to retire in countries overseas on … Read more
Hey! Are you ready to dive into the wonderful world of deductions and savings? You’re in luck because I’ve got some juicy tips to help you slash your tax bill without breaking a sweat, and guess what? You don’t even need to itemize. Let’s make tax season a little less stressful and a lot more … Read more
I was able to share my story of How I Almost Fell For A Romance Scam with Joe Saul-Sehy from the Stacking Benjamins Podcast! Being Scammed Can Happen To Anyone In this post, I wanted to share how I almost fell for a romance scam. After listening to the recent podcast, How to Money with … Read more
Hello readers! This post is a self-serving ad about the new Heavy Metal Money Productivity Planner. I had gone back and forth with creating this project for a year. I’m a technology guy, and use digital tools ALL THE TIME!  For years, I’ve been taking notes within an app. I’ll add events to my … Read more
I had started a plan to have the option to retire by the age of 55. For the past year or so, I’ve been slowly Downsizing and decluttering, organizing, and becoming more of a minimalist. I just cringe at the thought of moving and transporting all the belongings that had to overflow from my closets, … Read more
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