I recently mentioned that I had talked with my wife about creating some goals for the coming year. Notice that I’m calling these “goals”, and not ”New Year’s Resolutions”. Too many people’s new year’s resolutions come and go without much thought. People have ideas of things they’d like to do, and make super generalized resolutions about …
Category Archive: Personal Growth
Jul 26
We All Have Issues (Part 2)
For those just tuning in, yesterday I started a post discussing the fact that every single person has issues, something that holds them back and makes certain things difficult. The point is that even people you know that are successful have issues just like you. The trick is not to allow your issues to determine …
Jul 25
We All Have Issues
Today’s post isn’t directly related to personal finance, but more about life in general… Have you ever looked at someone and thought that they just have it all? I don’t mean random people that you see at the grocery store or the mall either. I’m talking about people that you see more than one time; people that …
Jul 02
Pay It Forward
Mondays have a bad reputation. It’s the start of a new workweek for most people, and we just aren’t ready for the weekend to be over. Here’s a little nugget to start your week… For my wife’s and my first wedding anniversary, we spent a week at a really nice bed and breakfast in southwest Michigan. …
Jun 01
Lessons Learned: “I Can’t” Never Did Anything
Every Friday I post about one of the lessons I’ve learned so far in life, both financial and about life in general. We’ve all learned valuable lessons along life’s journey, sometimes the easy way and sometimes the hard way. Hopefully someone will read what I learned and avoid having to learn the same thing the …






