This page allows you to look at all posts from the beginning of the blog.
- August 2020 1
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March 2020
1
- Mar 2, 2020 The Benefits of Hard Work
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November 2019
3
- Nov 28, 2019 Reflecting on the Meaning of Thanksgiving
- Nov 11, 2019 Take the Long Cut
- Nov 4, 2019 Savings Goal Update #6
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October 2019
2
- Oct 28, 2019 Why Do We Choose Financial Independence?
- Oct 7, 2019 Pre-Paid Medical Bills: Good or Bad?
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September 2019
2
- Sep 23, 2019 Get Out of Your Car Loan Today - With One of these Strategies
- Sep 16, 2019 The Most Important Take Away from FINCON 2019
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August 2019
1
- Aug 8, 2019 Build A Gap Fund
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July 2019
1
- Jul 15, 2019 Savings Goal Update #5
- June 2019 2
- May 2019 2
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April 2019
2
- Apr 29, 2019 How Did We Increase the Amount We Save Each Month?
- Apr 15, 2019 2019 Savings Goal Update #2
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March 2019
3
- Mar 18, 2019 14 Tips to Saving Money on a Cruise and 3 Things We spent Money on That was Totally Worth It
- Mar 11, 2019 The Perks of Being a Teacher
- Mar 4, 2019 2019 Savings Goal Update #1
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February 2019
3
- Feb 25, 2019 A Dog's Lesson About the Rat Race
- Feb 18, 2019 Doing Nothing often Leads to the Very Best of Something
- Feb 4, 2019 One Really BIG Savings Goal for 2019
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January 2019
3
- Jan 28, 2019 No New Cars - Just Added Savings
- Jan 21, 2019 Travel Rewards Update #1: How We Saved over $2,000 in 3 months
- Jan 7, 2019 Year of Frugality: Final Update
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December 2018
3
- Dec 31, 2018 How Diving into the ChooseFI Podcast Can Increase your Motivation
- Dec 24, 2018 How does a Parent Survive during the Holiday Season?
- Dec 17, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 11 Update
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November 2018
1
- Nov 5, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 10 Update
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October 2018
5
- Oct 30, 2018 Is a Cash-Out Refinance A Good Idea?
- Oct 22, 2018 Travel Hacking: Can It Really Save You $7,000 or More in Travel Expenses?
- Oct 15, 2018 Life Hack: Staggered Paternity Leave
- Oct 8, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 9 Update
- Oct 2, 2018 Successful People Sharpen the Saw
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September 2018
2
- Sep 25, 2018 A Review of DirecTV Now (with a comparison to PS Vue and Sling TV)
- Sep 10, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 8 Update
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August 2018
3
- Aug 27, 2018 Update: How Do Cord Cutters Still Watch Sports?
- Aug 20, 2018 Three Years into our Mortgage: How's it Going?
- Aug 6, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 7 Update
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July 2018
5
- Jul 30, 2018 Successful People are Intentionally Focused
- Jul 23, 2018 We Are On A Mini-Retirement Trial
- Jul 16, 2018 3 Thoughts on Blogging to kick off our Third Year on the Internet
- Jul 9, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 6 Update
- Jul 2, 2018 7 Reasons Controlling Your Emotions will Help you Become Financially Successful
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June 2018
5
- Jun 25, 2018 How Bad is Retirement Looking for Millennials?
- Jun 18, 2018 The Fruits of A Beautiful Partnership
- Jun 11, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 5 Update
- Jun 6, 2018 41 Ways to Keep Your Kids Entertained This Summer that Cost Little or Nothing (Part 2)
- Jun 4, 2018 41 Ways to Keep Your Kids Entertained This Summer that Cost Little or Nothing (Part 1)
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May 2018
3
- May 28, 2018 Respect is the Key to Success
- May 21, 2018 Is Buying Bulk Really Worth It?
- May 7, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 4 Update
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April 2018
5
- Apr 30, 2018 The Great Pension Myth
- Apr 23, 2018 Ways to Celebrate Arbor Day
- Apr 16, 2018 What's the Difference Between a Health FSA and a HSA?
- Apr 9, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 3 Update
- Apr 2, 2018 Six Ways to Combat Rising College Tuition Costs
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March 2018
5
- Mar 26, 2018 Summit of Coin Recommends
- Mar 19, 2018 Should We Rethink Streaming Live TV?
- Mar 14, 2018 Could DirectTV Now Offer the Best Deal for Cord Cutters?
- Mar 12, 2018 The Summit of Coin Millionaire Pledge
- Mar 5, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 2 Update
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February 2018
4
- Feb 26, 2018 The Dangers of Gambling
- Feb 19, 2018 Our Saving Process
- Feb 12, 2018 7 Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day on a Budget
- Feb 5, 2018 Year of Frugality: Month 1 Update
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January 2018
5
- Jan 29, 2018 Where Do You Come From (Financially)?
- Jan 22, 2018 Is It Time for us to Start Looking for a Newer Car?
- Jan 15, 2018 The Beauty of Investing
- Jan 8, 2018 The 2017 Summit of Coin Spending Report
- Jan 1, 2018 Our 2018 Goal of Frugality
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December 2017
3
- Dec 25, 2017 It's The Giving Season
- Dec 19, 2017 19 Ways to Save Money This Holiday Season
- Dec 5, 2017 The Aftermath of The Nothing New Challenge
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November 2017
5
- Nov 27, 2017 Keep the Thanksgiving Spirit Alive All Year Long
- Nov 23, 2017 The Thanksgiving Challenge Revisited
- Nov 21, 2017 The Retailers Ploy to Make Us SPEND Money
- Nov 14, 2017 Five Reasons to #OptOutside instead of Shop on Black Friday
- Nov 6, 2017 Nothing New Challenge: Month 3 Update
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October 2017
2
- Oct 9, 2017 Our 2017 Third Quarter Spending Rate
- Oct 2, 2017 Nothing New Challenge: Month 2 Update
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September 2017
5
- Sep 25, 2017 Three Reasons We Use Credit Cards
- Sep 22, 2017 Is Student Loan Forgiveness Worth It?
- Sep 8, 2017 Investing Tools: The REIT
- Sep 5, 2017 Nothing New Challenge: Month 1 Update
- Sep 1, 2017 Savings Rate or FIRE Prowess Gauge?
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August 2017
8
- Aug 28, 2017 Hurricane Harvey: A True Emergency
- Aug 25, 2017 How Does Trump's Policy Proposals Effect Your Pocketbook?
- Aug 21, 2017 Put First Things First
- Aug 18, 2017 Two Years Into Our Mortgage: How's It Going?
- Aug 14, 2017 How Do Cord Cutters Still Watch Sports?
- Aug 11, 2017 Did You Know That You Can Work for a Company That Will Pay Down Your Student Loan Debt?
- Aug 7, 2017 Proactive versus Reactive
- Aug 4, 2017 7 Ways to Use A Smartphone to Help Save Money on Back-to-School Shopping
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July 2017
9
- Jul 31, 2017 Our Nothing New Challenge
- Jul 28, 2017 A Complete Review of Stockpile
- Jul 24, 2017 The Stockpile Experiment
- Jul 21, 2017 My Investing Principles
- Jul 17, 2017 Student Loan Forgiveness Info: Where Do I Start?
- Jul 13, 2017 Happy 2nd Birthday Summit of Coin!
- Jul 10, 2017 Should the Political Party in Power Effect your Savings?
- Jul 7, 2017 Our 2017 Second Quarter Spending Rate
- Jul 3, 2017 Rich Habit: Have Fun
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June 2017
4
- Jun 30, 2017 Why Does the Stock Market Go Up Over Time?
- Jun 26, 2017 Student Loan Forgiveness Info: Federal Perkins Loans
- Jun 23, 2017 Americans Not Prepared for Emergencies
- Jun 16, 2017 Three Retirement Myths Millennials Must Avoid
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May 2017
2
- May 29, 2017 Four Reasons We Are Lucky Today and Everyday
- May 8, 2017 5 Student Loan Statistics That Will Make You Cringe
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April 2017
2
- Apr 10, 2017 One Simple Strategy to Cut Monthly Expenses
- Apr 3, 2017 Our 2017 First Quarter Spending Rate
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March 2017
8
- Mar 27, 2017 Live the Simple Life
- Mar 24, 2017 7 Reasons We Use Personal Capital (And You Probably Should, Too!)
- Mar 20, 2017 Student Loan Forgiveness Info: Federal Direct Loans
- Mar 17, 2017 Six Ways We Cut Down on Baby Expenses
- Mar 13, 2017 Student Loan Forgiveness: Are there any tax implications?
- Mar 10, 2017 7 Simple Strategies We Used to Pay Off $29,302 of Debt in 7 Months
- Mar 6, 2017 Live with an Underdog Mentality
- Mar 3, 2017 We Crushed Our Student Loans using Student Loan Forgiveness
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February 2017
6
- Feb 27, 2017 The Beauty of Creating and Sticking to a Plan
- Feb 24, 2017 Three Lessons Learned from Buying Our Fancy Headboard
- Feb 20, 2017 Living with Integrity
- Feb 16, 2017 Three Reasons We Keep Our Old Cars
- Feb 9, 2017 Investing Tools for College: The 529
- Feb 6, 2017 Are Tax Refunds Advances Good for your Pocketbooks?
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January 2017
6
- Jan 23, 2017 One Thing That We can Learn From Rogue One
- Jan 19, 2017 The Power of Positivity
- Jan 16, 2017 Investing Tools for College: The ESA
- Jan 12, 2017 Start Building Wealth Today
- Jan 9, 2017 Rich Habit: Try New Things
- Jan 5, 2017 The 2016 Summit of Coin Spending Rate
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December 2016
5
- Dec 24, 2016 Go Tell It On The Mountain!
- Dec 21, 2016 Imagination
- Dec 15, 2016 Five Crazy Christmas Car Advertisements
- Dec 13, 2016 How to Avoid the Christmas Hangover
- Dec 6, 2016 Christmas: The Best or Worst Holiday?
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November 2016
7
- Nov 29, 2016 The Importance of Resiliency
- Nov 26, 2016 Who's Got Shoe Game?
- Nov 24, 2016 The Thanksgiving Challenge
- Nov 17, 2016 My Meeting with a Universal Life Agent
- Nov 15, 2016 What Does a Donald Trump Presidency mean for the Stock Market?
- Nov 8, 2016 Today Is Not the End of the World
- Nov 5, 2016 Make Sure That Your Loved Ones are Prepared
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October 2016
6
- Oct 31, 2016 You Are Not Owed Anything
- Oct 17, 2016 It's National Save for Retirement Week
- Oct 13, 2016 Full Coverage or Liability Only Car Insurance?
- Oct 11, 2016 Does Everybody Need Life Insurance?
- Oct 6, 2016 Our 2016 Third Quarter Spending Rate
- Oct 4, 2016 $600 Shoes...are you kidding me?
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September 2016
4
- Sep 14, 2016 Steps to Financial Independence: Step 6
- Sep 8, 2016 Investing Tools: The 401k and 403b
- Sep 6, 2016 We Can All Be Millionaires
- Sep 1, 2016 Investing Tools for College: The Texas Tuition Promise Fund
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August 2016
7
- Aug 27, 2016 Investing Tools: The IRA and Roth IRA
- Aug 23, 2016 Steps to Financial Independence: Step 5
- Aug 17, 2016 One Year into Our Mortgage: How's it Going?
- Aug 13, 2016 Strategies to Save Money on Clothing
- Aug 9, 2016 The Importance of College Choice
- Aug 6, 2016 Teaching Kids to Handle Money
- Aug 3, 2016 Sling TV Update: The Olympic & Big 12 Edition
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July 2016
9
- Jul 30, 2016 Pay for Professional Photos or Do It Yourself?
- Jul 26, 2016 Good News: Millennials are Preparing for Retirement
- Jul 23, 2016 The Barefoot Blue Jean Night Challenge
- Jul 20, 2016 Book Review, The Legacy Journey, Part 4
- Jul 16, 2016 What Can We Learn From the Tortoise?
- Jul 12, 2016 Three Reasons You Should Buy a Used Car
- Jul 9, 2016 Summer Time Fun
- Jul 5, 2016 Our 2016 Second Quarter Spending Rate
- Jul 2, 2016 When is the Right Time to Have a Baby?
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June 2016
5
- Jun 28, 2016 The Importance of Patience
- Jun 25, 2016 The Importance of Parental Guidance, Part 2
- Jun 24, 2016 Brexit...Don't Let The News Scare You into Selling
- Jun 21, 2016 Book Review: The Legacy Journey, Part 3
- Jun 18, 2016 A Sale on Borrowed Money
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May 2016
2
- May 31, 2016 Book Review: The Legacy Journey, Part 2
- May 24, 2016 The Importance of Parental Guidance
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April 2016
3
- Apr 23, 2016 Book Review:The Legacy Journey, Part 1
- Apr 5, 2016 Our 2016 First Quarter Spending Rate
- Apr 2, 2016 To Be Unionized or Not?
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March 2016
2
- Mar 26, 2016 Humble and Kind
- Mar 5, 2016 It's Tax Refund Season
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February 2016
1
- Feb 25, 2016 Generosity
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January 2016
4
- Jan 30, 2016 You Need A New Car, The Myth
- Jan 26, 2016 The Importance of Keeping Track of Your Finances
- Jan 16, 2016 The Benefits of Extra Mortgage Payments
- Jan 12, 2016 The 2015 Summit of Coin Spending Rate
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December 2015
2
- Dec 30, 2015 Did Christmas Break your Budget?
- Dec 8, 2015 Tips to Saving Money on TV
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November 2015
4
- Nov 26, 2015 Envy vs. Gratitude
- Nov 10, 2015 Our October Savings Rate
- Nov 7, 2015 The Benefits of Nature
- Nov 3, 2015 #OptOutside
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October 2015
6
- Oct 31, 2015 The Riches of Lifetime Learning
- Oct 26, 2015 Increasing Retirement Age: We Can Avoid It!
- Oct 17, 2015 Gifts: Our Radical Decision
- Oct 14, 2015 The Beauty of Sacrifice
- Oct 10, 2015 Living A Life of Contentment
- Oct 6, 2015 Our September Savings Rate
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September 2015
6
- Sep 25, 2015 We Bought a House!
- Sep 21, 2015 Rule Yourself
- Sep 14, 2015 Teamwork = Traction
- Sep 11, 2015 Our August Savings Rate
- Sep 7, 2015 Book Review: START by Jon Acuff
- Sep 2, 2015 Student Loans: A Necessary Evil?
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August 2015
10
- Aug 28, 2015 20 Smart Money Decisions
- Aug 24, 2015 Should We Be Afraid of Black Monday?
- Aug 21, 2015 What is Teacher Loan Forgiveness? Is it Worth it?
- Aug 17, 2015 15-Year Mortgage vs. 30-Year Mortgage
- Aug 14, 2015 Steps to Financial Independence: Step 4
- Aug 12, 2015 The Protector of Your Money
- Aug 8, 2015 Saturday Special: We’re Debt Free!
- Aug 7, 2015 Steps to Financial Independence: Step 3
- Aug 5, 2015 I Took the MMM Biking Challenge
- Aug 3, 2015 How Mr. Money Mustache Helped Me Build My Saving Muscle
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July 2015
8
- Jul 31, 2015 The Scam of Payday Lenders
- Jul 29, 2015 Are Car Leases a Good Idea?
- Jul 27, 2015 Book Review: The Total Money Makeover
- Jul 24, 2015 Response to: “Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans.”
- Jul 20, 2015 Steps to Financial Independence: Step 2
- Jul 17, 2015 Steps to Financial Independence: Step 1
- Jul 16, 2015 Rock Bottom
- Jul 13, 2015 Welcome to Summit of Coin
Photo was taken at Olympic National Park in Washington.