We are at the mid-point everyone! This is a great time to reflect on our goals, see what changes we need to make going forward and to assess what went right/wrong, and to make decisions from there. I am extremely excited to close the first half of the year, but am ever-so looking forward to the next half. Let’s see what June 2014 brought in my June Investment Report.
Tag Archives: Life
Why I Don’t Have Cable
Many of the readers on these platforms are very frugal or are looking for ways to be frugal. I know I push myself to limit monthly expenditures I have that take away from life, interaction (to some degree) and also my pocket. I read an article from the NY times last year that said something around 90% of Americans are paying a form of cable television – 90%!!!! That’s a pretty alarming amount of people that are paying on a monthly basis to large corporations such as, but not limited to: AT&T (T), Comcast (CMCSA), WOW!, etc.. I know my fellow Diplomat – Bert – probably has shrills going through his body about this article because I know he enjoys having cable, more so for the fact to watch Sports, well, there are other means BERT.
Lanny’s Fixed Monthly Expenses
Hey everyone – we are heading into summer and heading into where individuals usually spend time vacationing, experiencing more “free time” and thus are usually spending a little more than usual. Which provides a good segway into talking about fixed/typical monthly expenditures that I pay for and that most of us do pay for on a monthly basis. I am here to talk about Transportation costs & Rent/Mortgage. I am going to break it down for us to show much in investments we will need to have in order to cover these large monthly expenses in our lives and also to find ways to reduce this, as that will lead us to where we all want to be – Financially free. I will leave other expenses out of this discussion, for now… that is.
