October Dividend Income From YOU the Bloggers!

Posted on November 20, 2018 by DividendDiplomats

Happy early Thanksgiving everyone! 2018 has been such an amazing year for some many reasons. There is just a lot to be thankful for and hopefully all of use take some time this week to reflect and spend some time with our loved ones. We definitely will! Since another month has come to a close and bloggers have been furiously releasing their dividend income summaries, you know what that means…time for the next installment of our dividend income from YOU the bloggers series. For those of you that are not familiar, each month, each month, we gather as many dividend income summaries from the community to share the results with all of you. Here is the October version of the dividend income from YOU the bloggers series!

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My Recent Stress & Finding New Ways to Combat It

Posted on August 26, 2017 by DividendDiplomats

The last month or so for me has been, oh how do I say it…crazy. And I’m not going to lie, a lot of the craziness and stress has been self-induced. Through all of this, I’ve learned that a lot of my typical de-stressing activities were suddenly not doing the trick anymore. It has slowly trickled through to a lot of different aspects of my life and it sucks. At times, my typical upbeat self has felt anything but that. With typical methods not working, I have been searching for other means to de-stress.

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Banking Without Branches (3 Months Later) & A HUGE Life Lesson Learned

Posted on September 22, 2016 by DividendDiplomats

Woah, I can’t believe time has flown by this quickly. It seems like just yesterday I was walking into my banks, closing my accounts, and requesting a cashier’s check with the remaining funds. Why did I do this? My wife and I were looking to consolidate our finances after our wedding and wanted to experiment with using a bank without any physical branches in our area. Ultimately, we selected Capital One as for this grand experiment. That was three months ago, so I wanted to share the results of this experiment with all of you! But wait, there is more. Over the last three months, this experience and others has taught me a HUGE life lesson that I would like to share with all of you.

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Why I am aiming to save 60% each month

Posted on August 9, 2014 by DividendDiplomats

I recently reviewed and read DM’s latest post, as he has felt a “Slow down” to the finite item – time. Here we are, the majority of Americans, working in Careers/”Jobs” that we don’t necessarily gain the most happiness from, spending 40-100 hours per week and watching this “time” dwindle. Now I know that there are the individuals who are working those hours doing something they absolutely love for a company or a firm – awesome and congratulations. I can admit – there are perks from my career that I do find enjoyable and that I Love and am passionate about with being a CPA and working for a firm – such as, client relations, offering them advice & guidance, solving problems, the camaraderie with my co-workers, being a teacher to the younger staff & being well respected within my firm. Continue reading →