In our journey toward some sense of financial peace and contentedness, I think it would be a shame to not talk about stuff. Not just clutter stuff like we did …
Countdown Series #4 – More Clutter, Less Clutter
Clutter, clutter, clutter. You know I can’t stand it. If you can’t stand it, you’re probably married to someone who doesn’t mind it. If you don’t mind clutter, then you’re …
Countdown Series #5 – The Four Day Week
In our continuation of the Countdown Series, I’m speaking again to the aspiring retiree, but you may wish to read on even if you’re already retired. The focus that this …
Countdown Series #6 – When Paychecks End
If you’re a regular reader of the Weekly, you may recall that I discussed here that the five-year anniversary of the Weekly is nearing. Well, it’s almost here. And while I’ll use …
Tasty Treat
Tastes change as we get old(er). I remember as a kid, my grandma would serve us vanilla ice cream with malted milk powder sprinkled on top as dessert. You’d get …
Returns Risk Returns
Retirement can be an amazing time in a person’s life (or so I’m told). Waking up each day with the opportunity to live out your agenda rather than someone else’s …
25 or 6 to 4
A couple of years ago I chose to rediscover the band, Chicago. They’d become so ingrained in our day-to-day through their ballads and familiar hits that it’d been easy to …
Patience is a…Virtue?
Given the natural break that a new decade provides, we’ve been looking back over the last ten years to see where we’ve come from and where we may be headed …
Congress Just Passed the SECURE Act – A Pretty Big Deal For IRA Owners
Happy New Year! Well, 2020 has started off with a bang if you’re the owner of an IRA. On December 19th, Congress passed a spending bill that includes seismic changes …
Relationship Referee to the Rescue
When GPS first hit the scene, you know, that voice in the car that tells you where and when to turn, relationships were changed forever. No longer were spouses engaging …
