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We left Grand Rapids on Friday afternoon, thinking this was going to be a volleyball weekend. By the time we got home Monday night, it had turned into something bigger than that. A championship run. A migraine lesson at age fifty. And a quiet internal wrestling match with a casino …
Heading East in the Heart of a Michigan Winter January in Michigan has a way of lowering expectations almost immediately. After a full week of brutally cold temperatures and snowfall every single day in West Michigan, we fully expected the drive from Grand Rapids to the Detroit area to be …
A Short Winter Trip That Felt Bigger Than It Was In the middle of a classic January snowstorm in Michigan, we made the short drive from Northeast Grand Rapids to downtown Rockford. It’s only about eight miles, but when the snow is coming down sideways, and the roads are half …
I have a habit of getting excited about an idea, diving in headfirst, and then quietly questioning my life choices a few weeks later if the results don’t show up fast enough. Sometimes I stick with things long enough for them to work. Sometimes I don’t. Most of the time, …
I came across a Newsmax article the other day with a headline that actually made me stop scrolling, which doesn’t happen often anymore. President Trump floating the idea of capping credit card interest rates at 10% for a year. Not 18 percent. Not 24 percent. Not the ridiculous 29.99 percent …
Every few years, someone drags an old idea out of the attic, dusts it off, slaps a fresh coat of paint on it, and pretends it’s brand new. Same engine. Same problems. New slogan. That’s basically collectivism in a nutshell. And if the word collectivism feels unfamiliar or academic, don’t …
I’ve been trying to make money on the internet for a long time. Long enough that I’ve seen just about every version of the dream come and go, sometimes multiple times. Blogs, ads, affiliate links, email lists, courses, communities, apps, and entire social media platforms that were once hot, then …
I sat down this morning fully intending to work on my online side hustles. Instead, I went down a completely different rabbit hole, one that started with curiosity and ended with a much clearer picture of my future. I opened up my retirement accounts. All of them. Edward Jones. Vanguard. …
I wanted to listen to the entire audiobook of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. I really did. I downloaded it on my Audible app with good intentions. I hit play. I gave it an honest shot. And then… I didn’t finish it. Not because I think the topic is …
Most money fears come from two places… The first is logic. The second is… your dad telling you he lost twenty grand in a weekend back in 2008 and now you can’t even look at a 401K without feeling like someone’s about to pull a trapdoor under your feet. This …