How did your $1000 Challenge go? Mine went phenomenally, but more on that after I address my other August goals. Read King Lear: Success! I actually read 2 other books as well, some investing book and The Well Trained Mind. $500 extra towards mortgage: Success! I hope to be able to add an extra $1000… Continue Reading
September 2012 Net Worth Update
Every month since January 2011 I have shared how my net worth has changed from the month before, year to date and even the growth since I started this experiment. I share just the progress and not the actual numbers.This absolute zero method has its obvious draw backs like you don’t know if I started… Continue Reading
Pharmacy Technician: An Exciting Job to Consider
Guest Post by Amanda Most people have experience is getting prescriptions filled at a pharmacy. Often, however, they do not think about the person behind the counter’s job and what it entails. Those who work in pharmacies are trained in the study of pharmacology, which has a long and important history in medicine. Today, those… Continue Reading
How I Make Money Blogging
I have shared a lot of my financial details on this site including my investment strategies, my growing net worth and even a secret business I want to open up, but I have never discussed how this blog operates as a business. Until today. I have no real interest in running the type of blog… Continue Reading
Refinance Roadblocks
What do you do when the universe appears to be against all attempts to complete a goal? Perfect credit, spotless payment record, and 12 years at the same job (proof of ability to pay,) and I never imagined it’d be so impossible to take advantage of the record low interest rates. But after 2 failed… Continue Reading
Analyzing the Prepayments on One of My Student Loans
As I made my monthly payment the other day on one of my student loans I wondered how much I have saved in interest over the years by adding to the principal some months. Since the lender didn’t provide me with that information I almost looked at it as a challenge to see whether I… Continue Reading
