Lately, more by chance than anything else, I’ve been stumbling on new-to-me bloggers sharing about their lives as early-retired or almost-early-retired people. The already early-retired people share stories about awesome days where they can go where they want without having to report in to a boss (other than their spouse 🙂 ). They talk about spontaneous day trips and laying in the sun for no good reason other than they want to. Read more
Happy holidays, Frugal Farmer friends! We’ll be taking today off from writing so that we can nurse food hangovers and be generally lazy. May your day be most blessed! If you miss the Frugal Farmer too much to take a day off (which is completely understandable 😉 ) here are some archived articles you might enjoy. Read more
And by “last minute” I mean: order TODAY. It’s the 18th of December, people! And if you want to ensure you get your gifts in time, sign up for a free trial of Amazon Prime
I once read that in order to have what someone else has, you need to do what they’ve done. In other words, success in a certain area is often achievable by copying others who have already obtained success in a certain area. Ever since I read that, I’ve been spending some time on and off studying the traits of millionaires. Read more
Happy Monday! I have another post in what may or my not be a series, The Power of Debt Freedom. Today we’re sharing the story of Amanda from Centsibly Rich. Amanda and her husband paid off $100,000 in debt and are now living life happily consumer debt free. My hope and prayer is that by sharing these stories, you’ll find the motivation you need to start your own journey to debt freedom.Also, if you’re interested in finding out how to start paying off debt when your debt situation is completely overwhelming you, read my article on Centsibly Rich. Read more
As we work our way toward debt freedom, we are making it a point to educate our kids about money management. I’m sure at times they get sick and tired of us saying “Save your money”, and “Don’t ever get into debt” but I also know that the financial moves we’re teaching our kids will have at least some impact on how they live their lives as adults. The older they get, the more motivated they are to earn and save money. The more excited they get when their bank accounts grow. Read more
Hey, friends! I’ve got a great treat for you today! My friend Brian from over at Debt Discipline has graciously agreed to share his personal story with Frugal Farmer readers. Brian and his family paid off over $109,000 in credit card debt in just over four years! As a token of my thanks for Brian sharing his story, I wrote a post on his site explaining how we got our kids on board with our own journey to debt freedom. If you want to read our post over at Debt Discipline, you can click here. But for now I hope Brian’s story will encourage you to never give up on your own financial goals. Welcome, Brian! Read more
So, I haven’t been talking much on the blog about my blogging income, but since it’s increasing at a pretty decent rate I don’t feel I can keep this secret gem to earning extra income a secret anymore.
When I started this blog in January of 2013, I had not one clue about blogging or technical stuff like how to set up a blog. In fact, I hadn’t even read a blog until the end of 2012. I really was in the dark ages.
I always hoped to start making money online; after all, I’d heard these great stories about people doing so. Read more
This post isn’t for all of you, but I’d be willing to bet that if it’s not for you, you know someone that it is for. If you’ve got your finances together but know someone who desperately needs to get theirs together, please consider sharing this post with them if you think it will help them.
Every once in awhile I feel a desperate urge to issue a wake-up call with those struggling with paycheck-to-paycheck living. Today is one of those days. Read more
Our financial life started to change when we got sick and tired of being sick and tired. When we finally figured out that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
For years and years we tried and tried to increase wealth and decrease debt but it was a constant fail. Why? Because we were doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results.
My friends, life just doesn’t work that way.
If you want something different, you’ve got to do something different.
My friend “B” is a perfect example of this. Read more
