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Financial Lessons I Remember Learning From My Dad

November 7, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  Lately I’ve seen several great articles floating around about how to teach your kids about financial matters. As a father of 2 myself I tend to read every one of these posts that I can find, because I want to give my kids every opportunity to learn about effective money management when they are […]

Filed Under: Perspective, Stories Tagged With: personal, story

Result Of Disconnecting Cable TV

September 16, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  I was in my office at work the other day when a coworker came to my door. “I need some advice on which service to go with. Would you recommend Time Warner Cable or DirecTV”? I sat there looking at him for a moment, imagining myself just a few years ago asking the same […]

Filed Under: Decisions, Practical, Stories Tagged With: lifestyle, personal, story

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

Are Cell Phone Trade In Programs Worth It?

September 5, 2013 by Justin Weinger

  If you’re like most of the modern world these days, you carry some kind of smartphone in your pocket. Smartphones are closer in functionality to computers than cell phones (did you know that they still make phone calls?), and they usually carry some very computer-like price tags! With their growing popularity and accelerating model […]

Filed Under: Practical, Product Reviews Tagged With: networking, personal

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

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