dollarfinance As I recently said in Welcome To Paradise – We’re Living On A Sailboat!, we no longer have our Jeep and have been car free since July. Since we are preparing to cruise and will soon be leaving the marina (eeek, this week!), we no longer have a need for full-time use of a land… … Read more
Lately, I have been wasting so much time on social media and on other things that it has started affecting other areas of my life. There are so many distractions in life, and I want to change that. In fact, I started writing this blog post at around 10 a.m., and it is now 6:30… … Read more
For almost 2 years I’ve been talking about how much I love living in a motorhome. I’ve written about how much I love all of the places we’ve traveled to, how we’ve made great RVing friends, that we’re more active than ever, and that our dogs are happy too. Well, that’s all recently changed. After… … Read more
Workers in the U.S. left 169 million paid unused vacation days in 2013 according to an article on Forbes. That’s $52.4 billion in unused vacation days that workers won’t get back, or about $504 per worker. This is due to how most vacation policies don’t allow for rollover vacation days. Another interesting statistic I found –… … Read more
Did you know that only around 8% of people actually achieve their resolutions each year? Also, another interesting statistic is that only 75% of those who set resolutions follow through with them after just the first week. Yes, that means that 25% give up THAT soon! As you can see, the majority of people don’t… … Read more
We’re nearing the end of the year. Due to that, you may be thinking about the resolutions/goals you set for the year or you may be thinking about different goals that you set earlier this year. Update: How To Set And Reach Goals In The New Year If you’re reading this post, there may be… … Read more
While I no longer have debt after paying off my student loans, I am always striving to save more money, to save for retirement, to find financial motivation, and more. Even with how much I love saving money, every now and then it can be easy to get unmotivated and want to SPEND ALL THE… … Read more
The title of this post is very straightforward, and I wanted it to be that way. Everyone is guilty of making excuses, and I know that people will continue to make them until they realize that excuses are just that- excuses. Just think about the last time you said “That won’t work for me because… … Read more
You know that feeling when you are starting on a new goal and you see someone else in a similar situation having much more success than you? Maybe it causes you to feel hopeless, defeated, or just overall depressed that you’re not on the same level. In that moment, you are taking your beginning and… … Read more
Some say that the best way to learn a money lesson is to learn from your past money mistakes, after all, you live and learn! Still, no one wants to make money mistakes, but if you’re going to get anything positive out of a money mistake, it might as well be a lesson in becoming… … Read more
