Personal Challenges

At the beginning of this year my wife and I made 18 goals for 2018.  These aren’t resolutions, these are goals.  These are actionable items related to all aspects of our lives.  It is incredibly important to us to always be working towards something.  Getting out of debt was the first big goal we had …

Each month I set a personal challenge.  The idea is to force myself to do something quicker than I would have otherwise.  Most of the goals I have set since starting this have had a positive impact on my life.  The others just haven’t stuck, but it never hurts to try, right?  Therefore, my goal …

You might have noticed that I just don’t publish as much anymore as I use to.  Getting one blog post out a month has been a challenge.  When I started the blog, I had no clue what I was getting into.  I had an idea but sometimes you just don’t know until you do something.  …

For my latest personal challenge, I am combining our monthly personal challenges with the practice of giving up something for Lent.  Therefore, this challenge timeframe is a bit different than usual.  If you have been following along you know that we typically do a challenge each month of the year which keep things simple.  Lent …

For January, we are tackling something that we have been putting off for months.  We are going to organize our financial records for estate planning purposes.  We are making it our personal challenge so that we force ourselves to do these very important, yet simple steps to estate planning.  Also, we encourage you to organize …

2017 was a big year for our family.  It wasn’t the easiest but we have continued to see how smart decisions regarding debt 6 years ago have benefited us.  This will be a more personal post than most but we hope that it serves to inspire and motivate those willing to change.  It also demonstrates …

For the month of November, I established a personal challenge to improve the blog.  I set out an aggressive list of items to complete.  Technically, I didn’t meet my overall goal in November, but what I woke up to on December 1 was a very pleasant surprise and my expectations far surpassed what I thought …

Our personal challenge for this month is to make an extra $100.  For months, we have been talking about selling our used junk and this is the month we are going to kick it into gear.  There are many benefits to selling stuff and the money is just a part of it. Make an Extra …

For the month of November I have made it a personal challenge to improve the blog.  The main point of doing this is to help it get to a place where it can reach more people and generate income.  My goal was not for it to generate income this month.  The goal was to improve …