In July 2017, I sat down to calculate our net worth for the very first time. I had just read The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D., and after years of hearing the term in passing, I finally felt compelled to find out what ours was. I had heard …
Guys, I have to apologize to you for my unplanned month off. I didn’t write a single post in April! That was the very first time in almost three years of having this blog that I didn’t post at least once during the month. I could blame it on being busy, traveling for work, focusing …
Success is a moving target. You’ve heard that line before, and I’m sure you’ve experienced the realization that it’s very true. And if you follow Dave Ramsey’s Baby Steps, you know that the cap and gown moment of all of those years of work comes with your final mortgage payment. When you can finally say …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. Happy fall, everyone! While my Instagram feed is full of copper hues, fall decor and pumpkin spice everything, I’m still sweating in the 80-degree heat of the East Tennessee valley. I usually get a little sad when summer ends, but this year I’m …
Twenty-three hundred times. A low estimate of the number of times I have driven the exact same route to work as of today. It’s a beautiful, scenic drive. At 7:30 AM, the fifteen minute drive from Kingston to Lenoir City on I-40 East allows you to see the sleepy awakening of the east Tennessee valley …
As the long-awaited meeting came to a close, I watched my coworkers exchange enthusiastic glances. In response to high turnover rates, my employer finally listened to its employees and granted five more vacation days, rewards for good attendance, a company-wide pay increase and a better 401(k) plan, in addition to continuing to provide free health …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. Two years ago today, I published my very first blog post titled We are Paying Off Our Mortgage in Two Years. This is How. This bluntly titled post is pretty cringe-worthy for me to look back on. It holds no introductions and no …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. You guys have been asking for it, and I’m finally providing it – a free zero-based budget template. It is based on the budget that I designed for my husband and myself after we got married (view it here), but I tweaked it in …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. My birthday was on the 17th, which makes this the very first net worth report of my 30s. Thirty. I’m 30 now. I still can’t believe it. It’s been a little over a month since I’ve logged into Personal Capital, the free service I …
This post may contain affiliate links. Please view my disclosure policy for more information. How is it possibly May already?! After a month of endless rain, unseasonably cold temperatures and even a little snow, I feel that I have been cheated out of a month of summer. And through it all, April was a busy month! I …
