Abundance Project- $25,600

  The Abundance Project is a great idea I found over at http://millionairemommynextdoor.com and wanted to implement for myself over the next year.
Basically, it’s an exercise to expand your way of thinking.  Imagine what you would do with $100 the first week.  Double that each week you participate in the project (week 2=$200, week 3=$400, etc).  Consider [...]

Rightsizing Your Life

With all the talk about the economy going bad and downsizing, I thought I might discuss one of the ways we are working to rightsize our lives and bring in more cash… and mention a book I just read.
Lately DH and I have been trying to get rid of some possessions we don’t use and [...]

Just another reason…

21-Night Trans-Atlantic Thanksgiving Cruise from $869

for early retirement. 
If we were retired we could wait for just the right deal… and strike when the iron was hot.  Like right now!!  We paid $2500 for our November cruise in January and $600 for our flights earlier this summer.  An even cooler cruise, for twice as many days, [...]

October’s Money Magazine– Retirement Issue

October’s issue of Money magazine is all about retirement.  None of it applied to me.  It was very frustrating to read.  I don’t think we’ll be renewing our subscription next year.  While I appreciate  that the subscription was $2 for a year of issues, there haven’t been too many really insightful articles in 12 months.  [...]

Social Milestones

DH and I have been investigating a house that’s been on the market for the better part of this year in our neighborhood.  It was listed at an outrageous price and needs a lot of cosmetic work inside.  It’s definitely not our dream home but it is now a very good buy.  We’re having a [...]

Options

It’s all about options.
 
We make choices now so that we can have more and more choices later.  While we think we may know what we want tomorrow, experience and wisdom (limited as those may be in one’s late 20s) tell me that we probably have no idea what’s in store for us and that we [...]

Retirement- Is 35 too young?

                                                                        
This has crossed my mind a number of times.  Now, I’m not saying I’m going to make retirement by age 35.  But at this rate, I’m pretty sure DH will as he is a few years younger than me.  He hasn’t even finished his first degree yet.  If we were to retire at his [...]

Passion for Travel

DH and I have a passion for travel.  While I’ve visited many countries and been blessed with several opportunities to learn languages and visit other areas of the globe during my formal education, DH’s first international trip was our honeymoon!  We agreed that we would start a map of our travels.  We purchased 2 large [...]