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Retiring Retirement

Should we retire retirement? With 43% of Americans having $10,000 or less in retirement savings, and 27% with less than $1000, it is obvious that many people do not think for the future. In fact, recent research on people’s brains shows a tendency toward the use it or lose it mentality extending to people’s money [...]

Importance of Goals

I think we all learned about goal-setting in elementary school and beyond in school. Then we, well, forgot about it. However, goals are more important than we probably think. Especially written goals. Goals help you to see past the clutter of the moment to the future. It helps you to understand when you are going [...]

Talking About Investments: A Social Faux Pas?

I was thinking about how easy it is for people to just go out and buy something and then tell everyone about their new purchase. A car, new clothes, new toy, etc. But what about when you decide to invest? Some people feel comfortable talking about 401(k)s or IRAs or other “standard” investments, but when [...]

The Prison of Long-Term Debt

I was just thinking about how long I’ve lived in my current home. Seven years. It’s gone by pretty fast. And as our lives have improved, my husband and I both advancing in our careers and getting higher paying jobs, we have stayed put in our “starter home”.  And we have bought a few rentals [...]