It’s Day Two of my plan to reorganize my finances and improve this website. Today I spent some time making a few phone calls and working on organization. Here’s what I accomplished (and what I didn’t) – My first goal was to call our satellite television provider and discuss options for lowering our monthly bill. My wife and I had…
Category: Money Management
Day One: Getting Started
It’s Day One of my plan to reorganize my finances and improve this website. Today’s tasks took just a few minutes each to complete – and set the groundwork for future steps. Here’s what I did – I checked our credit scores. We are considering a mortgage refinance in the new year, after we file our tax returns, and I…
Big Goals Require A Bold Plan
It’s confession time. For the past six months, I’ve been coasting. After more than a decade of focusing on our personal finances, I took the gas of the pedal and relaxed a bit. I spent rather freely, wandered away from our budget, and stopped writing. It was fun (sorta), but the time has come to get refocused and rededicated. The…