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Author Archives: Tom Trimbath
Less Mailbox Wincing
I barely winced. Earlier this week I got out the checkbook, rummaged around for the bills, and paid them without wincing. Until recently, anxiety attacks lived on the periphery of visiting the mailbox, opening the letters, and checking my bank … Continue reading
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Tagged bills, Congress, foreclosure, housing, mortgage, personal finance, recovery, shutdown, wealth
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Ceiling Shutdown
I can envision, “Shut down the dance floor. This party’s over.” “Shut down the trading floor. The trading day is done.”. The only metaphor that comes to mind for shutting down a ceiling are the climatic scenes where the heroes … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, debt ceiling, housing, inequity, interest rates, investing, jobs, mortgage, personal finance, shutdown, Simple Living, wealth
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Timing Good News Maybe
A blog in two parts: Tuesday Evening and Wednesday Evening Tuesday Evening They said yes! Evidently they liked what I’ve done enough. I asked my two biggest clients (NRM & HCLE) if they’d double my hours. Yes. And in one … Continue reading
Posted in mortgage, Uncategorized
Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., Facebook, foreclosure, HCLE, housing, mortgage, New Road Map, personal finance, social media, Twitter, Whidbey, writing
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Recovery Chorus
My world is changing, yet much remains the same. Good news arrived, unconstrained, without need for qualification. More good news is expected, equally unburdened. My prelude to optimism is being followed by an opening chorus of a significant jump in … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, foreclosure, GERN, HCLE, housing, mortgage, Pacific NorthWet, personal finance, poverty, Puget Sound, recovery, RSOL, Salish Sea, Seattle, Sequim, stocks, student loans, Whidbey, writing
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A Possible Prelude Of Optimism
I have a litany of optimism. Regular readers have read it before: stocks, consulting, books, photos, house sale, windfalls. I’ve spent the last three years recovering from stagnant finances that then imploded. My litany of optimism has been a daily … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, books, consulting, Coupeville, dancing, David Sharpe, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, Facebook, foreclosure, housing, investing, Just Keep Pedaling, mortgage, MVIS, optimism, personal finance, photos, RSOL, Savvy Caddy, self publishing, social media, stocks, teaching, tiny house, whidbeyfocus
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A Scottish Anniversary 2013
Three years ago today I was on an airplane heading to Glasgow. I needed a vacation. Life wasn’t flowing the way I’d expected. Of course, the economic turmoil was hitting everyone. There were doubts about whether we’d make it through. … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland
Tagged AMSC, Apple, Dendreon, DNDN, Dream. Invest. Live., foreclosure, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, iOS7, iPad, jobs, LTBH, Macintosh, mortgage, personal finance, Provenge, Scotland, Simple Living, stocks, unemployment, wealth
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Cycling Wants And Needs
Last night I received two invitations: one was to a meeting about transportation options and budgets, the other was to a free concert. I pick the free concert. Choosing between truck, bicycle, or bus is a seven-day-a-week need that must … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bicycling, books, dancing, Elizabeth Warren, frugal, frugality, inequality, Just Keep Pedaling, Nicos, occupy, Occupy Your Bike, personal finance, photos, Robert Reich, Simple Living, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey
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The Minutia Of Frugality
Skip the philosophy. Let’s talk about details. There’s a power to frugality that makes difficult things possible. Frugality is a mind-set, but that can be too abstract. Practical frugality is series of habits based on a simple idea. The abstract … Continue reading
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Tagged frugal, frugality, New Road Map, personal finance, Simple Living, walk away, Whidbey
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Uninterrupted Momentum
Well, I won’t be mowing a lawn tonight. Life’s too busy. Work’s too busy. Well, work’s busy, not busy enough, but too busy for most of what I call life, including even mowing my own lawn. The rest of life … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bicycle, books, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, photos, Scotland, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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The End Of Which World
Be very quiet. I don’t want to jinx the trend, but within the last few months I’ve been able to pay bills as they came in – as long as they didn’t involve the words mortgage or homeowners dues. Life … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, chaos theory, Charity, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., financial literacy, frugal, frugality, Hollyhock, housing, investing, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, North Korea, NRM, personal finance, Sea Launch, Simple Living, stocks, Ukraine, yes magazine
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