dollarfinance Happy Monday everyone! For some of you this will probably be a short week because of Fourth of July, but I only get Wednesday off. Still a shorter week than usual though! I took my work test on Saturday. It went ok but it didn’t go the greatest. It’s a 3 hour long test so… … Read more
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I did a lot this weekend, but it was all fun stuff and mostly relaxing. Oh yeah. WOOHOO I’m going to Vegas for 5 days next week! My countdown for this will be over soon as well. I’m meeting up with a couple of bloggers while I’m there,… … Read more
My monthly Extraordinary Lives series is something that I’m really enjoying doing. First up was JP Livingston, who retired with a net worth over $2,000,000 at the age of 28. Today’s interview is with Tanja Hester, who retired at the end of 2017 at the age of 38. You probably know her from the amazing blog… … Read more
Hello! Here’s a guest post from a reader, Nick. Nick was feeling stuck a few years ago and wasn’t making progress on his student loans. He ended up researching a lot about salaries and the cost of living for English teachers in China and realized that he would be able to save far more money… … Read more
Do you often find yourself at the end of the year with unused vacation days? If so, then you are essentially working for free. According to CNN, 23% of workers surveyed said they used all of their vacation days in the previous 12 months. That means that 77% of people had unused vacation days! Also,… … Read more
Hello! Today, I have a great debt payoff story from Nolan Martin. Nolan is a military officer who successfully paid off $100,000 in debt in just 40 months. Below is his story. We were incredibly anxious to get our lives started together. Fresh out of college and new to the military life, I convinced my wife,… … Read more
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ― Benjamin Franklin Excuses are what holds a person back. I know this because I hear excuses nearly every single day, and I have made many of my own as well. People make excuses all the time, but then claim that it’s… … Read more
Hello! Here is a guest post from a reader of mine, Alberto. Alberto is sharing his story on how he saved $149,000 for retirement by the age of 30. Enjoy! Sometimes I can’t believe I actually saved that much for retirement before I even hit my 30s. It’s surreal to me thinking how far I’ve… … Read more
Are you interested in financial independence and/or early retirement? Today, I’ve asked some of the top personal finance experts to share their personal and best early retirement tips. Early retirement may sound like a dream, but there are more and more people who are trying to retire early as part of the FIRE movement. FIRE… … Read more
Hey everyone! Happy Monday. The weekend went by too quickly, yet again. Hope all of you fathers enjoyed Father’s Day! We took our engagement photos on Thursday night, and it went well! I was super nervous but our photographer was awesome. My sister helped us out and watched the dogs so that we could take… … Read more
