Blog Posts
Under Armour is an athletic clothing company that created this commercial. This commercial made me think about how this connects to so many aspects of life. This of course connects to working out, but there are many others from eating to finances. I have always struggled with eating too much, since I was a kid. It is a constant battle. Look at the tag line from this article. It states, "You are sum of all of your training." This is so true, when it comes to anything in life.
A little over two years ago, my wife and I got married. Since that time, we have been working hard on paying off debts and setting ourselves up on a solid financial footing. When we got married, I remember asking my wife if she was ok with us paying extra on our debts to get rid of them. She was fine with it. We were excited to find out last month that we were officially debt free. I feel that our debt freedom came to us, because we have worked as a team and make our decisions about money together. This is the best way to make financial decisions in a marriage.
One of the best ways to build wealth and reach the financial summit is to have a high savings rate. As I detailed in an earlier article, our savings rate has continued to increase since last June. So, I decided to do a monthly article on our savings rate and explain what caused the increase or decrease in the rate. Our goal is to reach 50% every month, but there have been a few months this year that have not reached 50%.
Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, and Do Work That Matters. Jon has a gift in explaining and motivating in all of his book. This review explains what I took from the book and how you can use it to go from average to awesome.
Recently, I have been hearing lots of talk about student loans in politics. I have just got out from under my student loans, and I don't believe that anyone should ever default on their student loans. I used teacher loan forgiveness to help me pay off my student debt, but was all of this really necessary? Are student loans the only way to get through college?
