Category: Saving Money

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Hack Your Vacation Using BookVIP

If you follow this blog at all, you know that I’m serious about paying off debt and investing for the future. Pursuing goals like those are vitally important, and will set you up for a great financial future. I’ve shared examples of how I’ve pursued those goals by Destroying Debt, Flipping Land, and Investing In …

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A Magic Pill – Fasting and Finances

What if I told you that I had a program, or a magic pill, that could save you time, money, and stress, all while helping you lose weight and improving your health? You’d probably think I’m as crazy as the folks on late night infomercials. Fortunately, this is not an infomercial, and I’m not a …

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Savings Hack: Fashionable Clothes for Less

What’s a fashion conscious, financially mindful, debt paying guy to do? I used to be a huge fan of fashion – keeping up with all of the newest trends and devouring new GQ issues with a fervor. I’d regularly drop $100 on a single shirt or a few hundred dollars on some fancy new jeans. …

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Savings Hack: Discounts On Everyday Purchases

Even the most frugal of us in the financial world still venture out from time to time to purchase things on the internet. The good news? There’s a pretty sweet savings hack that I want to share with you that can help you save extra money when you do. Ebates.com There’s a website called ebates.com …

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Spend To Save: Bicycle

Ya’ll. As I’m writing this today, it has been almost exactly six months since I sold my car! It’s hard to believe how quickly time flies. Selling my car was a great financial decision for my situation. I’m incredibly happy that I decided to pull the trigger. Today I want to highlight the biggest reason …

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Spend to Save: The Instant Pot

I’m a fan of food. I’m also a fan of when other people make food for me. Unfortunately, since I’m a single 20-something that typically means eating out way too often. However, since I’ve been on this journey to get out of debt, I’ve definitely reduced the amount that I eat out. The biggest reason …

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Compound Interest: The Real Santa Claus

Do you remember what it was like to be a child on Christmas eve? My brothers and I would usually lock ourselves in one room, trying to stay awake all night playing games and excitedly predicting what Santa might bring us. I have such fond memories of the way we bonded on those nights and …

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Benefits of Life with Roommates

In 2015, when I moved to my current city, I was excited to live alone. I hadn’t yet started aggressively attacking my debt, and getting a place of my own seemed to signify that I was “adulting.” Living with other people almost seemed like a regression. Other people might think I didn’t make enough money …

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Spend To Save: HDTV Antenna

As I write this post, I’m currently sitting on my couch watching an episode of Survivor. Some people may think T.V. is a waste of time, and many in the financial independence world don’t even have a T.V. They are probably on to something. At best watching T.V. is a time suck, and at worst …