Goal Setting – May 2010

Introduction I think the picture captures the spirit of this month’s update… running along a lonely patch of highway, a good distance from the start but still a long way from the finish.  I have lots of ground to cover and even some ground to make up.  How about you.  Are you crushing or cursing your goals?  I’ve been doing a little of both!    Context Setting for New...

Baby Step Two, DONE!

Success has been achieved!  A mountain has been scaled and a once inconceivable objective is now marked done and DONE! Debt is largely accepted as normal and we’re so easily swept into that mentality.  Often we’re so numbed to debt as normal that thoughts of getting out of it don’t surface until it’s too late.  Getting out of debt then becomes an impossible task.  It is overwhelming. ...

Goal Setting – April 2010

Introduction Hey Team, I’m a little late putting this one in motion.  Last week took an unexpected turn but I’m not complaining. My goal-based activity is move along but at a slower clip.  I need to get started or I’m going to embarass myself.  How are you doing??  Context Setting for New Readers – Welcome! On this site, I’ve invested considerable time sharing, exploring,...

Views on Money – Part 2: Net Worth, Balanced Perspectives, and Opportunity Cost

Welcome back to our study on the Views of Money.  After resetting the contextual baseline, we’ll jump into Part 2 Net Worth, Balanced Perspectives and Opportunity Cost Money is important.  It is the lifeblood of our society.  It is our economy.  In the context of our modern culture it is a requirement for our day to day living.  If you doubt this notion, imagine yourself penniless for the next...

Views of Money – Part 1: Objective Setting and Simple and Advanced Cash Flow

Money is important.  It is the lifeblood of our society.  It is our economy.  In the context of our modern culture it is a requirement for our day to day living.  If you doubt this notion, imagine yourself penniless for the next 30 days. Money also is dynamic.  It is huge in the context of government spending programs or corporate initiatives.  Equally so, it is small measured against our next...

Dollars Spent

The other day I was about to grab lunch at work.  Lunch at work for me is a boring affair.  On Sunday evenings I run a sandwich making assembly line which churns out 5 identical turkey sandwiches for my daily noon time feedings. On this particular day I thought about the pattern I was weaving and I realized that it has been several weeks since I’ve spent money on lunch.  My guess was that it...

Wake Up Call

A read an article the other day from a pretty well respected icon in the blogging game.  Leo Babauta over at Zen Habits has about 160,000 readers – an insane number when you’ve been doing this long enough to know what that really means. His article was about changing habits and the easiest way we too often derail our efforts to change and improve. The idea was as simple as it gets.  So simple...