Category: Lifestyle
Hear Mr. and Mrs. Groovy Speak
A few months ago, I reached out to podcaster Joshua Sheats about my Junior IRA idea. For those of you who aren’t familiar with him, Joshua has been in the podcast business since 2013. The name of his podcast is Radical Personal Finance (RPF). RPF is all about financial freedom. In Joshua’s own words, he is…
FREEDOM Was Made for Me and You (Freedom Countdown: T Minus Four Months)
Only four months to go until Mr. Groovy and I quit our jobs! It’s so close, and yet, two weeks ago I was inches away from resigning. I even asked Mr. Groovy to check with his employer about putting me on his health plan. We would be OK if I jumped ship now. But we’d…
Be a Blogger, Be a Blessing
How can you be a blogger and be a blessing? OK, dear readers, I’m going to get a little hokey but bear with me. My mind often goes places that are alien even to me. Here it goes. I haven’t stopped thinking about a post Jaime Donovan wrote a few weeks ago called The Greed…
Government Can’t Save You from Compound Stupidity
Don’t ask me why, but lately I’ve been imbibing on a lot of British cultural decline via YouTube. Here are links to some of the documentaries I have watched. The Truth about Payday Loans Don’t Cap My Benefits Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole On Benefits and Proud! BBC Growing Up Poor If you get…
We Overspent and We Liked It!
I have something to admit. We blew it big time this month. Above our typical expenses we spent another $1,000 on discretionary items. What’s gotten into us? Have Mr. and Mrs. Groovy donned their spendy pants? Have they fallen victim to the siren call of “THINGS” that beckon “Buy me! Buy me!”? Hardly. But in…