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My Money And My Life – Reminiscence
It is a big task, and no one else can do it for me. As I’ve mentioned before, now that I have a modified mortgage and a clearer quantification of my finances, I intend to step through the Nine Step Program that … Continue reading
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Tagged 9 step, assets, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., early retirement, emotions, engineer, enough, financial independence, frugal, frugality, interest rates, investing, Joe Dominguez, liabilities, loan modification, MMAML, Money & Life, mortgage, mortgage modification, net worth, New Road Map, Nine Step Program, NRM, personal finance, portfolio, Simple Living, stocks, Vicki Robin, voluntary simplicity, YMOYL, Your Money or Your Life
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My Money And My Life
Clear one hurdle and a new adventure embarks. From what I can tell, I’ve managed to keep my house, get an impressively modified mortgage, and built my business to the point that I can pay at least all my regular … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., FI, financial independence, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, MMAML, mortgage, New Road Map, NRM, personal finance, Retirement, Simple Living, stocks, unemployment, wealth, YMOYL
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Repair The Fourth R
A lawnmower, a weed whacker, a convection/microwave, and a big hurking battery. Meet four of the items that fell into disrepair when I couldn’t pay the mortgage. They are also four steps I’m taking in my recovery, thanks to a … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, frugal, frugality, housing, Midway Journey, minimalist, plastic, recycle, reduce, repair, reuse, Simple Living, Whidbey, Will Rogers
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Stress Socks It To Myself
I did a silly thing. I put on my socks. That’s how I tweaked my back. That’s how I know I’ve been carrying too much stress for too long. A bit of stress is good. A lot of stress is … Continue reading
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Tagged back pain, climate change, consulting, frugal, frugality, gazinga, health care, Karate, New Road Map, personal finance, Retirement, socks, stress, tapping, YMOYL
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Patience Is Precious
As I type it is about as far from Christmas as you can get in the calendar. The turn around day was last week, June 25th. Since then there have been three pieces of good news that seem like presents … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, clients, consulting, eyewear, frugal, frugality, LTBH, Microsoft, Microvision, mortgage, MSFT, MVIS, photos, picop, picoprojector, speaking, speaking engagements, stocks, teaching, teaching assignment, work hard
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2014
An encouraging characteristic of good habits, rituals, and regular exercises is that their descriptions and rationales don’t change. Welcome to my semi-annual review of my stocks, and an introduction that hasn’t changed much so copy and paste helps me balance … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, consultant, consulting, credit card, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, entrepreneur, frugality, GERN, Geron, GIG, GigOptix, health care, investing, Investor Village, LTBH, markets, Microvision, Motley Fool, MVIS, non-profit, personal finance, Peter Lynch, Real Goods Solar, Retirement, RGSE, RSOL, Silicon Investor, speaker, stocks, wealth
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But Not Yet
As I begin typing, we are less than eight hours away from the Summer Solstice, the beginning of summer (north of the Equator), the farthest the planet gets away from the Sun, and maybe the beginning of much better times. … Continue reading
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Tagged bitcoin, community, consulting, cryptocurrency, debt, entrepreneur, frugality, housing, Intelligent Optimist, investing, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, photos, seed funding, stocks, writing, yes magazine
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Hope From Potatoes
The second most asked question in my life recently has been, “How do you manage to stay so upbeat?” An interesting balance to the most asked question which is, “So, how are you doing – really?” Financial turmoil publicly played … Continue reading
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Tagged bunnies, carrot, carrots, caterpillars, deer, entrepreneur, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, gardening, mortgage, onion, onions, potato, potatoes, Simple Living, slugs, snails
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You Make Me Feel So Young
I sat down to lunch at a local restaurant, felt a bit annoyed, and then realized it was a symptom of youth. I was reminded that you’re only as old as your thoughts, regardless of what my joints are telling … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, computers, frugal, frugality, gas, health care, housing, investing, jobs, millennials, occupy, personal finance, Russia, Soviet Union, stocks, Tiny Houses, unemployment
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