Creating and sticking to a budget is the foundation for financial success. It doesn't matter how much money you make. It doesn't matter how much debt you have. It doesn't matter where your financial health stands today. If you learn how to budget properly, and you stick with it over the long-run, you will succeed. It is an easy concept to grasp. We all know and understand … [Read more...]
Looking Forward to 2014
The year 2013 has been the craziest year I’ve ever had. Last year at this time, my wife and I were preparing to move halfway across the country, a decision that we never thought we would ever make. But we had a strong feeling that we should move closer to her family, maybe not for forever, but at least for a while. I left an internship and full-time offer at a company where I … [Read more...]
How to Waste Time and Kill Productivity
Recently, I’ve come to realize that I’m basically a pro at being ineffective with my time. I’m not the type of person to waste time deliberately. I could never sit in front of a television or surf YouTube videos for hours on end. If I ever do play video games, after a little while I realize how much else I could be doing with my time and turn it off. I always have a mental … [Read more...]
Spreading the Gospel: What Matters Most
This week has been a whirlwind of crazy. We’ve been short-staffed at work, so I’ve had to work a lot of extra overtime, and I’ve had to do some soul-searching because I’ve been feeling a little imbalanced lately. Most of today’s round-up posts have been perfect for me as I’ve been trying to do that and decide what matters most. Also, my wife and I are driving out to Utah next … [Read more...]
So You’re Happy Huh? Keep Telling Yourself That
While my wife and I were at church yesterday, another member of our congregation asked her how her teaching job was going. “It’s great! But it’s also really stressful.” To give you an idea of how stressful, she’s a first-year Family and Consumer Sciences (Home Ec) teacher, teaching 4 separate classes, one of which is a full-blown catering class in its first year and she’s … [Read more...]