“People know you for what you’ve done, not for what you plan to do.” ~Unknown
While plans are nothing until they are executed, plans are extremely important. For the last week I have been working on the Hambrick Family Master Plan July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011. That is a fancy way of saying that [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-78-planning-for-major-expenses/
I worked on my budget again today. I wanted to know what categories were getting the highest percentage of my cash. The following chart came out of my work:
http://www.titheyourlife.com/spending-percentages/
Five years ago, I dabbled in some day trading. It was a fiasco. I lost a lot of money.
I sold out and never looked back… until last month. I looked up the stock symbols for the stocks I owned. If I hadn’t sold out, my investment would be worth five times what it was worth [...]
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“Everything’s gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better.” – Mates of State, Get Better
People who know about this project often ask me how things have changed. And with the exception of the financial category, concrete improvements are hard to come by. Even in the financial category, money still feels tight – I think it always [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-68-recap/
Day 75: 1% Saved
I am reading (for the third time) Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez. Every time I read it something different jumps out and changes my life in a new way.
Today it was the chapter on the past and our past money mistakes. It asks the reader to calculate his or her lifetime earnings. [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-75-1-saved/