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How Your Early Retirement Is Helping Others Get Ahead + Future Of The Blog

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Look what you’ve done for all these kids! The donations your readership has made possible. And some thoughts on where the blog is going in the the year ahead.   When I started this site almost two years ago, I knew that I wanted to create something valuable – a knowledge base that could help...

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Earn More Money At Your Job: 2 Strategies For Consistent Pay Raises

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We spend tons of money and time on work skills, but we rarely invest time in learning how to manage our careers. Change that by implementing these two strategies to get consistent pay raises in your field.   Career management – figuring out how to position and improve yourself for the fastest promotions and highest...

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Average American Families: How To Make Your Child A Millionaire

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The average American family can buy their child’s retirement and make them a millionaire, if only they viewed their child-rearing spending differently. Here’s how to set your child up to be a millionaire – without spending more than you already do.   The USDA says the average cost of raising a child in the US...

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The Reverse Budget: Why Normal Budgeting Sucks And What To Do Instead

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Budgeting as it is normally implemented sets you up to fail. Here’s what to do instead.   If there is one word in the personal finance lexicon that makes people cringe, it has to be the word budget. Every well-meaning article suggests you build and stick to an ambitious budget. Bucket methods, envelope methods…  ...

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How To Land Your Dream Job

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Landing a job is a completely different skill set than performing well in it. If you have what it takes to perform a job well but don’t know how to find and land it, this is for you.   Good At Job Search vs. Good At Job   Picture this. You’ve been clocking in the...

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How Much Does It Take To Be Wealthy in America?

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Charles Schwab interviewed 1,000 Americans about their views on money. Here are the most interesting insights.   I’m always interested in others’ views about money, and Charles Schwab’s annual survey – Modern Wealth Index – has quite a few insights into the subject.   It Takes Over $2 Million To Be Considered Wealthy   What...

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Understanding Your Spending: Problem or Expense?

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This one question will help you to be happier with your spending decisions, from identifying where you can save money to making peace with big splurges that break out of your usual frugal patterns.   As many of you know, the Money Habit household welcomed an extra member a few months ago. Money Habit Jr....

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How I Decided When To Retire: The Emotional Considerations

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Making the leap to leave my secure income behind was much harder than just hitting the number on a spreadsheet and walking away. Here were the major emotional factors I considered when pulling the trigger.   In the years I was pursuing my goal of financial independence, the decision of when to retire seemed pretty...

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Acceptable vs Ideal: How to Have More Time, More Money, and More Happiness

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Understanding the difference between acceptable and ideal will help you focus on the things that matter. A framework that will lead to more time, more money, and more happiness.   With my friends at work most of the day, I do a lot of catching up with folks on gchat. Mornings these days start...

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2017 Income Report: How I Made $62,326 Blogging 5 Hours A Week

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What I made in my first calendar year of blogging and how it was done. A discussion of blogging as a side hustle to build wealth while working on things you enjoy.   I’ve talked a lot on the blog about the four components that go into building extreme, early wealth:   Earning more money...

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As a retiree at 28, I've discovered that early retirement doesn't require you to be a genius or have an incredibly unique skill set. It can be achieved without you becoming an emotionless robot. Showing up every day is what counts. Incremental improvement - a Money Habit - trumps everything else. This blog will teach you how to get there.

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