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Create Your Own American Dream

September 13, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  Earlier this week a reader left a very thoughtful comment in response to my post Smaller House, Larger Life. Vicki S made the following point: I think people need to evaluate what “An American Dream” really is to them. With all the changes that have been thrown onto us in the last 12 – 15 […]

Filed Under: The Basics Tagged With: enough, financial independence, goals, journey, personal

Build A Better Budget Part 4 – Budgeting Software

September 11, 2013 by Justin Weinger

This is the fourth post in a series about how to build a better budget. You can check out the other posts here: Build A Better Budget Part 1 – The Mindset Build A Better Budget Part 2 – Creating Categories Build A Better Budget Part 3 – Tracking Methods Build A Better Budget Part 4 […]

Filed Under: Build A Better Budget, The Basics Tagged With: budget, goals, saving

August In Review – Income/Expense and Net Worth

September 1, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  Happy September everyone! Down here in the south football is in the air and the humidity is on its way out, which is a wonderful feeling. Here’s a quick update on how August went for us financially: August In Review August Income was pretty standard, nothing much made in the way of side hustles […]

Filed Under: Journey Progress Tagged With: financial independence, goals, journey, net worth, status

Side Hustling Lessons I Learned as a Guinea Pig

August 30, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  One of my first side hustles after I started working full-time was as a “healthy volunteer” i.e. guinea pig for clinical studies.  My full-time job was as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health, and right on the same campus were tons of opportunities to make money on the side by letting […]

Filed Under: Decisions Tagged With: goals, networking, personal, story

Be Flexible With Your Financial Goals

August 16, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  I love setting goals! Just wanted to get that off my chest, thanks. But seriously, I set a lot of goals. For myself, for my family, for my department at work, and for my individual employees (with their help and buy-in, of course). Having goals can help us to increase our performance and get […]

Filed Under: Decisions Tagged With: financial independence, goals, house, lifestyle, story

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