Tag: Challenges
How to Handle Life When It Attempts to Drive You Nuts
A few months ago, I wrote the post “On Handling Life’s Unknowns“. If you are new to this blog or just never got a chance to read that, I’d highly recommend it. It’s just the story of my life over the last year. See, this past year has been a rough one for my family [...]
Reflecting on a Year with an Emergency Fund
As the end of April approaches, my emergency fund is reaching its first birthday. It may seem crazy that I’m reflecting on something like an emergency fund, but its something that deserves a little attention. See, last year was my first year out of debt (as an adult). I wasn’t in too deep (only $25,000), [...]
5 Ways to Spend the Week When You’re Over Budget
You guessed it. I’m over budget for the month of March. Not just a few dollars over, but I’ve increased my budget this month by between one and two hundred dollars, I’m guessing (wow, that is sad that I don’t even know the number). Of course, I’m lucky (if you call it that), since I [...]
Are You Personally Accountable?
About a month ago, I wrote a post on how I feel that passion is contagious. Since I started listening to Dave Ramsey, I’ve noticed that I’ve picked up an excitement for a lot of the same things he’s excited about. I don’t think it’s because he’s my idol (because he’s not), but I think [...]
My Walk Through Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps
I’ve always been interested in personal finance. I remember when I made slightly more than minimum wage through high school and college and thought, “how could I ever afford to save for a car”? My mom paid for most of my first nice car when I was 18 and I remember feeling horrible while its [...]
How I Stay Productive at Work
If your job is anything like mine, you are in constant battle with yourself on productivity. I don’t have a manager. According to Brian Tracy, the author of my productivity reference manual, Eat That Frog!, only 2% of people can work entirely without supervision. I’m not actually sure if I fall within that 2% or [...]
On Handling Life’s Unknowns
Last year’s been a crazy year, full of unknowns and they are sill there, for the most part. My mom has been struggling with depression. The kind that has debilitated her, almost completely, for now. We don’t know what’s wrong, don’t know to to help her and don’t know what the future is going to [...]
