Happy Thanksgiving all – I hope you are enjoying this day with family and friends. I am thankful for my wife, my family, my health, my job – so many things this year. But on a financial note, we have many things to be thankful for. Our job, our savings this year, and opportunities to give back. But even more than all of those, we are thankful this year for the many things that my wife and I have learned…
As readers know, this blog seeks to make $0 ever…but today’s post is all about why I do this: seeing peoples’ financial lives change in ways that greatly enhance their overall lives. Especially if it helps someone live vigorously – seeking financial freedom in order to serve others. And every time it happens, it renews my faith in human potential. This time was no exception. I fight to see a world where everyone can live out their purpose and organize their lives…
Today, I am proud that my favorite financial independence blog, Mustard Seed Money, is hosting a guest post from yours truly. Please head on over and check it out! It’s a story about how someone who became homeless changed her life in a year’s time, all by implementing some simple financial principles. Hope you enjoy it! Update: The story has generated many interesting comments and discussion, and has been featured in Working Optional’s “Last Week’s Awesome.” (Thanks, Working Optional!)
Today we had the opportunity to give to initiatives that are doing good in the world – more good than my wife and I could do on our own (what, with our day jobs and all). But why am I telling you about this?
Happy Fourth of July, everyone! As always, I am reminded to thank the veterans in my life who fought so hard and given so much to give us this freedom and to maintain it. This Fourth was a poignant reminder of how much some have given up so that the rest of us may enjoy those freedoms. As I sat enjoying fireworks, a close family member and veteran, and avid outdoorsman, remained inside, because no number of years can take…
Living simply is its own reward, but it’s still great to be encouraged about what’s important in life by those around us. I recently found such encouragement while visiting a longtime friend, a high-profile attorney with a successful career. But, unlike most attorneys, he lives a simple life, saves, coupons, and is more satisfied than any attorney I know… While the herd went one way, he went another… My friend (We’ll call him “Jim”) and I share a high-achieving, ambitious, and…
Welcome to Finances With Purpose! This is where it begins…financial independence, saving, investing, knocking out debt, and focusing on the more important things in life. I’m excited to start this blog since it will help me pursue my own goals in life — pursuing relationships and exiting the rat race — while joining the conversation with others who may share an interest. For more on my goals, purpose, and background, see the About Me page. A new beginning…with a lot already on the…
