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Extreme debt reduction just got more… extreme?

I don’t normally write about other people’s posts, but I stumbled on one today from Plonkee Money about supercharging your debt snowball that I just had to mention, and make note of so I can do it myself.
The problem:  4 gazillion ways to do the debt snowball.  All having their benefits in one form or […]

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Why do you do it?

It’s a simple question, but not one that I could answer a few months ago. At that time, I just wanted to be free from debt and start building wealth. That was the goal, but in hindsight, it seems like a rather simple and arbitrary goal. I mean, what do I gain […]

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The April Update

Well, it’s that time of month again… No more paychecks due for the month, and all bills have been paid, so it’s time to see how I’m stacking up with all the things I’m talking about. So without further ado, here they are:

As you can see, once again another near 4% reduction with $1855 […]

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Life, Day 43, The budget blowout

Lately it’s been work, work, work. 16-hour days aren’t natural, but unfortunately happen during release periods at most software development houses. During these times in previous years, the girls usually go with their mom more, allowing me to fulfill my bread-winning duties and show more face time at work, but this year has […]

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It’s the little things in life…

It has been one helluva busy week. With the kids spending time with relatives from out of state, I have a lot of free time. Of course, that free time gets eaten up at work by a project that is wrapping up and all of a sudden I find myself neglecting this place…
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Life, Day 27, Spaghetti, DVDs, Books & Loans, Oh My!

First, In response to the borderline child-abuse I subjected my kids to last week with the “cheap” sauce, I want to thank single mom over at Debt Free Is The Life For Me
for sending me a great looking spaghetti sauce recipe.  The ingredients are not in the budget for this week, but they will be […]

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Bigger isn’t always better

As some of you know, I recently downgraded my cable service from RoadRunner to RoadRunner Lite in an effort to free up some cash flow for my debt reduction efforts. The difference in price turned out to be about $10/mo between the services (well, alot more with all the other services I dropped, but […]

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