I wrote this post with a pen and paper at our rented cabin at Cottonwood House. It’s a beautiful historic site and remote enough that there is no cell coverage here. My family and I…
There are people who cross the border and would like to be able to install the other country’s apps on their phone. The problem is that companies can geo-lock their apps. While this is a…
The other day I told my 13-year-old son that the yard needed to get mowed that morning. I had looked at the weather forecast and saw that there were a couple rainy days coming. It…
As the father of three teenagers (age 13, 16, and 19) I would like to share some of the things that we have done and do to prepare our children for successful adulting. Kids learn…
Momentum is the force in our lives that keeps us moving in the direction we are heading, and it can be our best friend, or our worst enemy. The more I experience in life, the…
I remember getting my first debit card when I was just starting college. At the time, I was 18. It was less than a year later that I got my first credit card, a Discover…
Asking for a deal when checking into a hotel is not something I would have even thought of when I was a young man. The room rate what they say the rate is, right? After…
Making, saving, and investing money are common themes covered in personal finances. If we neglect the aspect of account security, all our hard work can be undone! This post is about account security and how…
There are so many great rewards programs out there! It can be tempting to sign up for all of them. We could sign up for all of them – they are free to join, after…
Debt elimination is something that most people would like to do, yet a lot of people have come to believe that they will simply be in debt for the rest of their life. I find…
