Chaos, plummet, turmoil, crash, Black Monday. These are just a few interesting words I picked out of todays financial headlines. “Wow!”, I can hear you exclaim, “It must have been a really rough day!” My response; “It sure was. That 3.5 percent drop was gut-wrenching!” (insert sarcastic tone here) Continue reading
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The Stoic’s Spending Revealed: February Edition
Reporting my expenses here has definitely helped bring more consistency in tracking my expenses. As I mentioned before, I slacked off a bit last year in tracking personal expenses when I started working for myself in the summer of last year. The goal wasn’t so much about setting out to change my spending habits, although I would love to see my “food” expenses reduced, but to have hard numbers based on the way I live so that I can properly plan for how to cover those expenses when I no longer have to work. Continue reading
January: A Month of Automotive DIY
Last month turned out to be a month of doing minor repairs on my work truck. A few long-time readers will remember that I sold a truck back in spring of 2013. At the time I thought I was making a smart move, however the timing was less than fortunate. Continue reading
The Joy of Building Things: Part Two
I’ve developed some momentum with the my woodworking goals this month. Since I last built the bookcase, I’ve completed two other small projects and thought I would share those here today. Continue reading
Why I’m Not Investing In Today’s Stock Market
It was the end of 2010 when I first started investing. The world was still coming to grips with the fact that the shit had indeed hit the fan! At that time there was a lot of panic spreading and it was hard for some to ignore the noise. People weren’t talking about Dow 18,000 they were scared of the Dow 5,000! Continue reading
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