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It is that wonderful time of year. Every store has Christmas decorations up. Advertisements are telling you that your spouse will be happy that you purchased a $50,000 car without talking to them first. 🙂 HINT: don’t do this –… Continue Reading →
I ran across this TEDx talk by Jocko Willink. He never mentions finances, but the principals that he teaches have everything to do with Personal Finance.
When you are married you combine all aspects of your lives together. One of the most important aspects of being married to doing a budget (also knows as a family financial plan). Money is one of those things that we don’t like to talk about because it makes us uncomfortable.
A few years ago, Lorell and I were looking at purchasing a new kitchen table. Our previous one had served us well for almost 20 years and 5 kids; however, it was showing its age and needed to be replaced. How big of a table should we purchase?
“I am not a B-word” my wife told me for the umpteenth time over the previous few months.
My only response was the same one that I have been giving her every time we had this conversation, “You can become one if you want to be, it just takes some practice. I have faith in you!”
My wife and I discussed this crazy idea of being super diligent about paying off our mortgage, even though I did not have full-time stable employment