I have a confession to make. I haven’t been reading your blog lately. Yes, I’m talking to you. I haven’t been reading your blog, and I feel incredibly guilty about it.
The fact of the matter is that I currently subscribe to 79 blogs. In addition, I have four of my own [...]

Most of the time when financial experts talk about passive income as a means to indulgent wealth, they are talking about real estate (and it’s usually on one of those infomercials or websites that promise hundreds of thousands of dollars per month no matter what your IQ level). Passive income is basically money that you [...]

One of the primary benefits of working for a large corporation (and working for said corporation for decades and decades of your working life) is the cushy retirement plan that comes with it. Sitting at a desk in a cubicle all day long doesn’t seem nearly as bad when you’ve got visions of a golden [...]

I have decided to start my exit strategy guide with my least favorite of them all: either working until you are too feeble to continue or until you get so frustrated that you quit and seek alternate work.
At first glance, this really looks like a horrible plan. It also seems like the option too many [...]

I’ve always been the kind of reader who rushes straight through a book to get to the very end. I want to know what happens, when it happens, and why it happens – so I read and read until I get there.
Some may say that I miss most of the textual value of a book [...]

Those who follow this blog and my occasional parenting rants know that I am in perpetual pursuit of the perfect child care solution. My daughter is too young for preschool but old enough to be able to drive me crazy at home. I’m unwilling to shell out for daycare but still need some solitary [...]

My family and I recently returned from a brief sojourn to Seattle. We live just across the state, so it wasn’t a huge vacation by any stretch of the imagination (especially since I took my work with me), but we did all the stuff that makes two-year-olds wild: zoos, aquariums, and science museums.
We were only [...]

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called “Acknowledging Success” wherein I talked about the fact that Tamara and I were really starting to reap the rewards of our hard work. We’re getting more business, and we’re getting higher-paying business, too. We feel pretty good about all of this, as we’ve put [...]

A few months ago, I was really excited because two different bloggers asked for guest posts from us, and two more asked to do interviews with Tamara and me. “Wow,” we thought, “we’re really going to be getting our name out there this month.” We felt a little like mini-celebrities.
We got together to [...]

“The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This week, all I talked about was money. How we split it, where we keep it, and how we make sure that Uncle Sam gets his fair share. I just wanted to take a moment to remember that while being [...]