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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. …
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 …
There’s a strange moment that sneaks up on you somewhere in midlife. For me, it was around 47 or 48, when I started looking around and realizing half the people I knew had nicer stuff. Fancier cars, flashier vacations, kitchens that looked like they were designed for a cooking show. …
So you think becoming a millionaire means popping champagne, parking a Lambo in the driveway, and posting pictures of your toes in the sand while sipping a Mai Tai. I hate to ruin the fantasy, but the real definition is much less glamorous: a millionaire is just someone whose stuff …
Most company 401K plans have just a handful of investment options to choose from. The number can vary greatly, depending on your company. But an average 401K plan typically offers somewhere between 10 and 30 investment choices. Compare this to the over 10,000 mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that are …
This post was originally published on dumbpassiveincome.com on September 7, 2022. I am re-publishing this post here with updated numbers that are closer to our current life situation in mid-2024. The greatest gift I can give to my wife, while we are both still alive and kicking, is peace of …
Is it possible to become rich and achieve millionaire status using “free” credit card points or cash rewards? The answer is yes. However, I doubt that it’s ever been done or that it ever will be done. For a person to accomplish this monumental feat, they would have to be …
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight’s story is about a young boy named Tommy who learned the secrets of building wealth. Inspired by Robert Kiyosaki’s book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Tommy embarked on a journey that would change his life forever. The Early Days Tommy grew up in a small town where …
Working from home can be a great way to make money while maintaining your current lifestyle. Plus, many of these positions are flexible and you can even do them on the weekends. If you’re interested in making some extra cash but don’t want to leave the comfort of your own …
This is a follow-up post to an ‘epic’ blog post that I contributed to over at the Don’t Quit Your Day Job blog. If you haven’t read it yet, check out “Should You Get a Degree or Drive a Truck?” In this post, I created a hypothetical example where I …