I don’t think I should ever right down my goals for the public to see again. I’m not serious about that, I think some accountability is good, and now I need to reflect on the past six months and present everything I have accomplished (or rather didn’t accomplish). First...
New Year resolutions generally have a stigma attached to them. People choose lofty goals, but ones that they aren’t willing to attain. Each year I hope to get incrementally better. This year is the first year that I will have written out goals for the year and I choose...
One of my goals for 2019 is to read more consistently. I include reading other blogs as part of this goal. To further define this goal I’ll apply the SMART principles I discussed a few days ago. My goal is to read 5 personal finance blog posts a day...
I’ve been a federal employee for almost 10 years. In that time I’ve gotten used to seeing the latest buzzwords thrown around. One of my previous coworkers had this comic taped to his cubicle and it was one of my favorites (not sure of the source so I can’t...
I love our pets, but this year we have spent over $6,000 on our pets this year. We have two birds, two cats, and now a dog. I haven’t calculated the exact amount we have spent on our pets, because anything we buy on Amazon goes into our “general...
