Priorities and Comparisons

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This is something I think I’ve started to write about in many posts, and never actually published. But I think it needs to be said, because I had somewhat of an epiphany about it last night. Stop comparing your life to everyone else’s. Of course, in the sense of the blog, I mean your financial life, but this can be stated for a lot of things. When a lot of finance enthusiasts give this statement, especially Dave Ramsey, there seems to be this idea that, “don’t compare yourself against the person with the BMW because they’re drowning in debt.” Which […]

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October Recap / November Goals

Wow, this month has a lot of positives and negatives. This was the first month we didn’t spend exorbitant amounts on home improvement. We did pay $500 to have our woodstove and chimney cleaned and repaired, but other than that, it was a “normal” month in terms of home expenses. Oh, and filling our oil tank, which I somehow didn’t plan for. However, this month we had dropped our retirement contributions to re-fill some of our savings accounts, and it was able to help cover some of these expenses also. Big victories for October: We only spent $260 at restaurants. […]

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