Archive for April, 2007

$2 Million, $7 Million — We Don’t Have a Goal

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Yes this is blasphemy, but I have not calculated how much money I would need to retire, live independently, etc… yet. This does not mean that I plan to spend every penny I make and expect to live off of Uncle Sam in the golden years. It just means I […]

Easy Money, Avoid “Sin Taxes”

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

In the spirit of Tax season I was thinking about all the various taxes we pay and was kind of wondering if there was any way for me to avoid some of these taxes without having to worry about some governmental agency showing up at my door one day.
The only taxes that I feel I […]

Our Perception of Time

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Why am I perpetually behind? Why do I always have 20 magazines to read, 20 emails to return, a couple of presentations to give and all these great thoughts for posts that never get written?
I seem to walk a fine line between getting things done and being hopelessly overwhelmed by what needs to be […]

Our First Quarter Expenses: 2007 Edition

Monday, April 9th, 2007

In the wake of a great March I wanted to share some thoughts on what I think have been good financial decisions for us this year. To paint a picture of where we are now, I want to show where we started. This has proved difficult since I only have last year’s […]

Monthly Update: March 2007(-$74,352.32, +$7607.95)

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Wow, is it April already? The first quarter is over and I am excited to see that we have managed three solid months of consecutive growth of our net worth. While not as impressive as some of the more established bloggers, this has been a solid quarter for our family.
Most of this gain […]