One of the reasons I started this blog back up after a very long hiatus was the fact that I had a growing sense of corporate burn out. I’ve written about my college days where I worked at pizza places doing a variety of crappy jobs but today I’m going to write about the other…
Category: Personal Management
Inflation At Home May 2024
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases their Consumer Price Index report monthly and the one for May came out this week. It’s one of the few government statistics report that I actually look at to see trends and do personal finance forecasting. So what’s happening with inflation? Household Insurance Home owners (and renters) insurance continues…
My New Parallel Medical Ecosystem
I’ve embarked on a journey to build my own parallel medical system that is somewhat outside the current medical ecosystem which I believe to be fundamentally broken. I’m not talking about alternative medicine such as herbs, teas, magic crystals or copper bracelets but new startup medical firms that have a science based but different perspective…
Pizza For 3, $75!
I work from home and I generally cook most meals after work because the kitchen is just a few feet away. Last my daughter asked why we don’t order pizza any more. I looked at her puzzled. I hadn’t really thought about when the last time it was that we ordered pizza. After starting my…
ZepBound: My Health Journey May Edition
I’ve been reading about how these GLP-1 drugs change people’s personality and I have been thinking about that a great deal because to some extent my personality has changed. But before we get to that I want to tell you that while taking this medicine has been great, hunting for it has not. Express Scripts…
Climate Change & Personal Finance: Hoax or Harbinger?
It’s an election cycle year so I’m seeing all sorts of the usual debates on various media platforms about climate change and whether it’s a hoax or harbinger of more things to come. I honestly don’t know the answer but I do have 27 years experience and obervations. Same House 27 Years I bought my…
Your Three Retirement Demons: Inflation, Taxes & Lifestyle
While I don’t watch or listen to Dave Ramsey, I do occasional run across an article with an outrageous title such as this one, “Dave Ramsey delivers wake up call to Iowa couple making nearly $200k but struggling to make ends meet“ Essentially, this couple has $785,000 in debt even though they earn $200,000 per…
The 50/30/20 Budgeting Rule
The 50/30/20 budgeting rule is making the rounds on the internet and I honestly wasn’t sure what it was until I read up on it. I haven’t had an official budget in over 20 years and that’s largely because I have always paid myself first. For decades, I’ve always tried to maximize my 401k, kept…
Our Plan To Will Assets Equally, Not So Easy
My wife and I periodically update our Will and we’re getting close to having to update it again. The major changes over the years were who we designated to have as custodian for our kids but now that all our kids our adults, we’re planning on updating it again. To that end, I started watching…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – April Edition
It’s time for an update on my Zepbound weight loss journey for end of April. This is month 3 of my journey (see links below for other editions) and I am happy to report that I’ve lost 16 pounds total in 3 months. I actually had to redo the math several times since I didn’t…