Category: Lifestyle
Mr. Groovy’s Guide on How To Get Fit
Here’s my guide on how to get fit. Or, better yet, here’s how I have managed to get and stay fit. Steve at Think $ave Retire recently had a great post discussing the limited value of how-to guides. The steps that worked for the how-to guide writer probably won’t work for you. To achieve something audacious,…
My New Year’s Resolution: Become A Better Investor
For the last few years I’ve been making New Year’s resolutions. I don’t know why. They really don’t make sense. If you want to change something in your life, you don’t need an arbitrary date in the future to begin the transformation. You just begin the day you decide to change things. But in any…
Finding The “Big Magic” In Our Lives
The writer Elizabeth Gilbert is on a roll. She had a mega hit with Eat, Pray, Love and her TedTalk titled Your Elusive Creative Genius has had over ten million views. I wasn’t extremely impressed the first time I watched it. Maybe it was my mood, or perhaps I was not ready to receive the message, or…
What Will I Do With Myself In Retirement
On the wall by my refrigerator hangs this chalkboard. It shows the number of months remaining before Mrs. Groovy and I assert complete control over our time. Come the end of 2016, we will ditch our jobs and join the ranks of the retired class. Having an extra forty to fifty hours a week to…
Boycott “Holiday” Spending
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Sorry about this guys. I’m not Mr. Groovy today. I’m Mr. Curmudgeon. I want you to boycott “Holiday” spending. Here’s why. Mindful spending is about spending wisely. If you’re behind on the retirement preparation front, have loads of credit card debt, and live paycheck to paycheck, you shouldn’t be buying…