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Sunday, July 8, 2007It Should Come Down To PrioritiesWe were driving back home after kicking my brother's dog out of my car. My wife and I started talking about the houses that we had looked at and what we do. Regardless of what Pete thought or was used to, we could afford quite a bit of house with a 30 year fixed loan. The question wasn't about... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, July 7, 2007Sword Point Saturday -Whatcha Gonna Do About It?Last week, we talked about obstacles to success or financial success. Awareness is one of the keys to success. For those people trying to get out of debt, just knowing the obstacles (both personal and outside forces) can be enough to them started in the right direction. For this post, 10 Sword... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, July 6, 2007Money - Able To Stop A Speeding BulletMaybe it doesn't stop it but it can certainly ignore it. A guy just went postal, walked into the New York Casino in Las Vegas and started shooting people. Initial reports said that he hit 4 people. Now reports say that he hit 3 people. Some off duty cops and military personnel tackled the shooter... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, July 5, 2007The Money Has To Come From SomewhereMy wife and I keep track of our spending and I have all our spending broken down in categories. We write down all the money that we spend on Debts, Savings (including 401k), House, Transportation, and the broad Other category. I suggest to my clients to set up their tracking system in a similar... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, July 4, 2007I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday For A Hamburger TodayI have more to tell you about the numbers from June, something obvious but important that I now have great visual data to support. I also need to tell you about our new plan because we aren't going to be trying to pay the car off by August now. However, we had a chance encounter yesterday that is... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, July 3, 2007June's Numbers - So Much Work UndoneThis shows what I consider to be more important than my net worth. This shows how much debt I'm carrying versus how much money assets I have. Our progress was looking so good and then, Bam! We bought a car. Now we have to get to work again trying to bring it all back down. We are hoping to have it... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, July 2, 2007My Net Worth and My Self Esteem Both Went UpI went through my numbers this morning finally and things were better than I thought they would be. It has been a couple of weeks since I checked all my accounts just because it's been kind of crazy. Not that it really takes that long to go through all the accounts. It just takes a little bit of... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, July 1, 2007Beware The Groove - A New MonthI have been completely out of phase for the last couple of weeks. My groove has been thrown off. Now it's the beginning of the month and time to start updating all my end of month stuff for the last month. I don't know if it's just summertime that is causing it or something else. My weekends have... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, June 30, 2007Sword Point Saturday - ObstaclesWe've talked about Success a great deal and I suppose we should give obstacles a passing mention. I believe in positive thinking and focusing on the end result but that certainly doesn't mean that I would advocate burying your head in the sand. Obstacles exist. They are there to teach us something... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, June 29, 2007Average People Can't Buy Average HomesAfter looking around at houses the other day, I came to the conclusion that people must make quite a bit more money than I do. My wife and I came home and ran some numbers through a mortgage calculator and figure that if we can make enough on the sale of our current house, we can buy an average... Sign in to see full entry. |
