You’ve found yourself in the situation where you have enough in your retirement account to pay off your credit card balance. If that retirement account happens to be a 401(k), you may have the option to take a loan against the balance, instead of making a withdrawal. With a withdrawal, you’re going to owe taxes, […]
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One of my first conversations with Don this morning went like this: Don: Honey, I need a refrigerator in the shed. Me: Why? Don: Because I want to have cold drinks out there, so I need a fridge. Now, his shed/workshop is a 12 x 30′ shed with power, lights, and air conditioning. It’s also […]
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This post is inspired by Steve over at ThinkSaveRetire, whose post listing ways he “Won’t be a Dumbass” in 2018 just landed in my inbox. I don’t typically do New Year’s Resolutions either; while there are absolutely things I want to achieve each year, they’re rarely oriented around January 1st. So, let’s start with a retrospective […]
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When I first started to get the “itch” – the urge, on a regular basis, to quit my corporate job and sail off into the sunset – I started reading like crazy. After a colleague, in her early 40s, moved aboard a sailboat and worked from port, after her kids left for college, I realized […]
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Congratulations! You’ve decided to try out dog sitting as a side hustle to achieve your goals. Of course, we hope your goals include paying off debt and living the life of your dreams! Regardless of what your goals are, we’ve compiled a list of the things we wish we knew when we were first starting out with […]
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Last month, I started working my way through Elite Blog Academy 3.0 by Ruth Soukup – a course which, admittedly, I had signed up for back in July. However, between getting married and a subsequent move (more on that later), I hadn’t had a chance to really dig in yet. As I work my way […]
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Last week, fresh from moving all weekend and thoroughly exhausted, I realized I had bought a ticket to see Denise Duffield-Thomas in Miami on Monday night. Now, Miami is a four-hour drive from our new house; never mind that I couldn’t find a towel to take a shower, or a plate to have breakfast…It’s amazing […]
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We haven’t written about it much, but let’s just say our dream wedding, underwater in Key Largo, FL, didn’t quite go as planned. The weather made going out on the boat impossible, so we last-minute changed to have our wedding on the beach (which was, admittedly, gorgeous). Our truck, which needed a new engine before […]
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If you’re wondering whether settling credit card debt with Navy Federal Credit Union is possible, the answer is a resounding yes. And, better yet, it’s possible to do it yourself if you wish, saving money over working with an advisor or settlement expert. Let me say, though – we worked with an advisor to settle […]
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Wow…somehow I let Don talk me into another project boat slash maybe-we’ll-just-keep-it boat. We already own a recently-revamped 25′ Proline with dual 150hp engines, a small cabin, front v-berth, and porta-potty, by the way. However, driving down the side of the road back in January, we came across this Grady White with beautiful lines. It was […]
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