Category: Frugality
Tito, Three Horsemen, and Talking Trash
Mrs. Groovy here. Yes, I’m electioneering again and asking for your help. Mr. Groovy has made it to Round 4 of the Rockstar Rumble, a friendly competition among personal finance bloggers. Please take a moment to head on over to Rockstar Finance and vote for “Egotrage” in game 8. Every vote counts! Thank you! Every…
Ten Reasons Not to Invest Time and Money into Professional Sports
When I was growing up, I was a sports fanatic. I literally had to be dragged from the street by my mom if I was in the middle of a baseball game and dinner was ready. And I lived and died by the fortunes of my teams. If my team won, all was right with…
The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Abandoning a High Cost State in Retirement
My retired aunt recently moved from Long Island, New York, to Wake Forest, North Carolina. It wasn’t easy. Packing all the furniture and stuff she crammed into her house over the course of 40-plus years and moving it 500 miles south required a lot of work. But thankfully all that work was worth it. No…
Live With Less
Today we have a guest post from Mr. Xyz who blogs with his wife at Our Financial Path. They are both in their 20s and hail from Canada. They plan to retire at 35, after ten years of blogging about their journey. In their Open Book series, Mr. and Mrs. Xyz write about their various…
How to Look and Feel Like The Vigilante Without a Hefty Price Tag
Some time ago I came across a blog called, I Vigilante, and I was immediately hooked by the blogger’s enlightened self-interest and willingness to say FU to convention. Here’s how The Vigilante describes his mission. I’m here to show you the virtue of unapologetic selfishness (“I”), the virtue of rebelling from authority and expectations often…