10 Essential Tips for Getting Out of Debt
$1 Million by 40
Goal: $1,000,000
Start: $0
Current: $146,841.31
146,841/1,000,000
Author Archives: Jason Drummond
I’m Still Here
I took a break. I didn’t go anywhere fancy or end up in a hospital or anything like that. I simply stopped writing for a bit to try to clear my head and see where I wanted to go from … Continue reading
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Looking For a House
Yesterday I mentioned that my wife and I are going to start the process of looking for a house. This is a process that I expect to take several months to go through. I fully expect to be searching into … Continue reading
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Where Are We Going?
We paid off all our debt over a year ago. Since then we have been stumbling through personal finance, Yes we have not gone back into debt. We are putting away 20% of my take home pay. We haven’t had … Continue reading
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Monthly Wrap Up – July 2011
Where Have I been? I took a vacation to Toronto to visit some family and friends and basically I shut down for a week and a half. It was great. That said, it is back to work and all the … Continue reading
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Blown Away, By The Economy
I had thought the worse of 2008′s financial crisis was behind us. I came through that time without seeing any of the results. No one I knew lost a job. For me the earthquake in Japan had a larger effect … Continue reading
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Feedback
I’m always looking for ways I can improve both myself and the things I do. When I’m at work, I usually look for the most efficient use of my time. getting stuff done quickly and correctly is something I like … Continue reading
Retirement – Am I on Track?
I’m 31 years old. Of course I’ve made a few big mistakes in life. In my twenties I fell into the debt trap getting all sorts of stuff I wanted, then I climbed out and fell back in again. This … Continue reading
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Looking Back – July 2010
I’ve been writing this blog for quite some time and I don’t think I’ve ever looked backed and commented on the writing from the past. Today I’m going to look back at the posts that generated the most comments from … Continue reading
Can’t Be Saved
In reading the newspapers and watching the news on T.V. I often just glaze over at least until I get to the business section. I find the business section of the news report or newspaper to be the most interesting … Continue reading
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Recommend a Book
I like to read. I’m currently working through a non-personal finance book, General Rick Hillier’s A Soldier First. I also have the Game of Thrones series of books sitting on my shelf waiting to be picked up and read. I … Continue reading
Monthly Wrap Up – June 2011
I’m happy to report that this past Sunday I actually did what I was supposed to do and got the budget all caught up and up to date. Yes I was supposed to do that last weekend. But the rest … Continue reading
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Where are the Jobs?
On Tuesday I spoke about how I’d go about finding a job. I talked about the sheer amount of work it would take and the thousands of resumes I’d have to pepper the streets with in my hopes of landing … Continue reading
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I Need a Job!
Everyone has had that moment in their life when that thought crosses their mind. I need a job! What does it take to get a job? How much work and effort does it take to get hired these days? Maybe … Continue reading
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Follow-Up Monday???
Hello Everyone. The last Challenge Friday was to get our financial house back in order before Monday.I had left the budget alone for about a month. These things don’t fill themselves out and if I wanted to see where we … Continue reading
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Challenge Fridays – Just for Me
I’ve been working away at the budget, but there is still more work needed. I want to have the budget fully up to date by Monday, so this is just a weekend challenge. The challenge is simple get it finished … Continue reading
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Wilbur’s Wallet – Helping Jason
Sometimes help comes from an unlikely source. I’ve been trying to help Wilbur get a handle on his debt and get his finances under control. At the same time I haven’t been paying as much attention as I should to … Continue reading
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What is the Plan?
We know we have a budgeting problem. It might just be the motivation to get it done that is the major issue, but needless to say, we aren’t budgeting like we are supposed to. Where do we go from here? … Continue reading
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Confessions of a Budgeter
Maybe it is time I start to talk about this. I got into budgeting my life back when I wanted to get out of debt the first time. I then went so far as to continue budgeting well into getting … Continue reading
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Wilbur’s Wallet – Meeting Mabel
I’ve heard that Wilbur has been working away. I haven’t spoken to him recently due to work dragging me out to fix this or that on the days where I’d normally spend a minute or two speaking with my buddy. … Continue reading
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Question Period – Me
Yesterday I posed the question, where do I go from here? Getting out of debt was fun and exciting. Building up an emergency fund was also something that I could see grow. The big question was is this it? Am … Continue reading
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