How to Avoid Failure and Get Debt Payoff Right
“Most people overestimate what they can do in a year, and they massively underestimate what they can accomplish in a decade or two.” – Tony Robbins I think it’s this mindset that keeps people in debt....
View ArticleStretching Exercises for 2017 – You In?
No, not the regular kind of stretching exercises, but I highly recommend those too. A daily stretching routine has been a huge foundational rock for my good health and has all kinds of benefits like...
View ArticleDebt and the Battle of the Mind
Ruth’s post last week has really had me thinking about debt accumulation and the battle of the mind. When someone said during our Bible study yesterday something to the effect of “You’ll always put up...
View ArticleHow to “Know Thyself” in Debt Payoff
I thought I’d expand today on Ruth’s awesome post from Thursday. In it, Ruth talked about the expansive variety of advice that exists in personal finance blogs and how it can be overwhelming at times....
View ArticleWhen Your Budget Plans Go Off the Rails
After a stellar January, we really blew it with our budget in February. Some of the expenditures were avoidable, some weren’t, but it’s safe to say that we blew our budget plans big time in February....
View ArticleWhy God Wants His People Debt Free
See that guy in the picture? It’s obvious that he has trained himself to be able to lift that crazy amount of weight. It’s also obvious by the look on his face that it takes some serious effort for him...
View ArticleSo You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance
So many people don’t bother pursuing debt freedom because it seems like such an absolutely impossible achievement. If this is you, you might need to take a lesson in perseverance from Jim Carrey’s...
View ArticleStarting Your Journey to Debt Freedom Later in Life
I recently got a question from a reader asking for more stories and information on those who start their journey to debt freedom later in life. Ruth and I can both testify that it seems very...
View ArticleContentment vs Complacent in the World of Personal Finance
This post comes to you today courtesy of Kalie’s comment on Ruth’s last post about balancing the need to strive with contentment in athleticism. The line in Kalie’s comment that struck me was: Being...
View ArticleThe Pursuit of FIRE and/or Debt Freedom: Worth the Work?
Ya’ll have Mrs. Picky Pincher to thank for this post. On Ruth’s recent article regarding her series of unfortunate travel events, Mrs. Picky commented that she’s been hearing that the pursuit of FIRE...
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