Earlier this year, we experimented with abandoning the strict budget in favor of automating as much as possible on our credit card, and keeping our discretionary spending under control, but on the same card. We failed. It was 2 parts lack of communication, 3 parts lack of discipline, and 1 part “we’re dumb”. …
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If you’re married, or anything close to being married, you’ve irritated your wife. Even if you think you are perfect and the epitome of unannoyingness, I promise, there has been a day when she strongly wished you traveled for a living. It’s long been known that the two things most likely to break up a marriage are…
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My wife told me that I don’t do enough around the house. She is, of course, correct. I could make a list of excuses, but none of them matter. There’s really only one reason: I have problems with time management. I’m easily distracted. For example, in the time it’s taken me to write the above…
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Everybody has bad days. Everybody has horrible days. That doesn’t matter. The important thing is how you feel about your life as a whole. What can you do to make your life more worth living? 1. Get out of debt. When you’ve got no debt to pay, you have more…
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