While happiness should be the real end goal of your financial decisions, when you’re starting a family there are also some very real financial responsibilities you need to handle, many of which won’t be much fun. These seemingly competing goals can be tough to balance, but I have an approach that allows you to make progress towards both.Read more…
How Financial Security Breeds Financial Freedom
Posted September 25, 2014
Security and freedom are my two biggest financial goals. One is a little boring and morbid, and the other is fun and exciting. But here’s the thing: by getting the boring and morbid stuff in place, it actually becomes easier to chase the things that are fun and exciting. The more financial security I have, the closer I get to my financial freedom.Read more…
What is Net Worth and Why is it Important?
Posted October 21, 2013
Ever since I started using mint.com to track my budget several years ago, I’ve been fascinated by its tool to track my net worth. It became a something of a game to me, trying to make sure that it was increasing every single month. It was motivating, and that motivation improved my financial situation. Now I keep my own spreadsheet… Read more
Building Financial Security for Your Family
Posted October 16, 2013
When it comes to money, most of my decisions are based on how it will help me achieve either of my top two financial goals: Security Freedom Today I want to talk about the first of those goals: financial security. My absolute primary financial objective is to make sure that my family always has enough money to meet their basic… Read more
