Category: Quick Tips

How to Turn Genuine Feedback Into Meaningful Change

Over 10 years ago, I had one of the most important conversations of my life. I was 20 at the time and working as an intern for a large private company. My supervisor set me down and told me directly and without hesitation, “If that ever happens again, I will fire you”. Let’s back up…
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Young, Dumb, and STILL NOT Broke?!: Re-Releasing My Personal Finance Book 8 Years Later

In 2018, I published Young, Dumb, and NOT Broke?!, a simple book covering personal finance aimed at early 20-year-olds. The book was not a New York Times best seller by any means but it is something I was and am still extremely proud of. Is it cringe looking back on it? Yes. Did it help…
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The Coin Collecting Arbitrage No One Talks About (Real Numbers Inside)

I’m not sure if I’ll ever publish this blog post, but I want to tell you the story of how I believe I have found a coin and bullion arbitrage. Now, there are a couple of things we need to know here first. One, this is a belief, and there is a 99% chance I’m…
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Man’s Search For Meaning and Community

This blog post isn’t going to have any groundbreaking information in it. Some of you reading this might think to yourself isn’t this obvious? Why haven’t you been doing this all along you doofus? Others of you will relate though. Through conversations and just looking around, you’ll see what I’m talking about. It’s everywhere. The…
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The Best Financial Advice You’ll Ever Get – *Not Financial Advice*

I’m going to give you the best financial advice you will ever read and ever need. But first, a disclaimer: *nothing in this post is financial advice, it is all my personal opinion and experiences and you should do whatever you think is best with your own finances* I know that seems a little weird.…
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Let’s See How Much We Can Change In 8 Weeks

8/14/2022 Today was a tough day. I said goodbye to my wife as she started an 8-week travel nursing assignment in a different state. No, she will not be gone for 8 weeks straight but this will be the most we’ve been away from each other in a long time, in fact, years. Believe it…
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The Trap Of Being A Content Creator – Creator Burnout

Making content online has been one of the best choices I’ve ever made but I’ll be honest, I didn’t realize the amount of work that went into it and how unhealthy it could be. I’ve been needing to talk about this for a while but have trouble putting my thoughts on paper so I want…
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There’s Plenty Of Money In The World

I’ve been thinking quite a bit recently about how much money there is in the world and why we as a planet, let alone a nation in the United States, still struggle. Let’s be honest, there is plenty of money in the world to support everyone. For this article though let’s just focus on the…
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The 50/30/20 Budgeting Technique: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

What is the 50/30/20 Budgeting technique? The 50/30/20 budgeting strategy is a basic set of rules to follow to enable people to achieve their financial goals and better manage their finances. In her book “All Your Worth,“ Elizabeth Warren goes into a simple plan on how to divide your after-tax income and determine how to…
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I Quit Caffeine For 30 Days – Here Is What Happened

Let’s get one thing straight before we get into this post: Caffeine is amazing. Now, like most of you reading this, I love caffeine and how it makes me feel. Because of that energy boost I love, I would have it in some fashion almost every morning. Okay, I had it every single morning. It…
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