Month: January 2017

I Lived In A Trailer To Pay For College: Oh, The Horror

I Lived In A Trailer To Pay For College: Oh, The Horror

Let me start out by saying that this post was inspired by another post featured on Millennial Money Man yesterday The post was written by The Savvy Couple and titled, Moving Back Home: Temporary Pain for Future Gain. It was all about how they both moved back in with their parents post college graduation to […]

The Great Education Debate: Your Passion Or Your Money

The Great Education Debate: Your Passion Or Your Money

When it comes to higher education there are generally two sides of the story. Which side you tend to find yourself often correlates with your experience. I know when I was younger all I wanted to do was go to a flashy school. Flashy when I was in high school was the local expensive private […]

The Stark Reality Of The Financially Uninformed

The Stark Reality Of The Financially Uninformed

Why don’t they teach this stuff in school? Is there some sort of conspiracy to keep us working our entire adult lives until our bodies give out and we’re forced into a retirement that almost perfectly coincides with the social security benefit age? Oh wait, maybe that’s the way it IS intended to be. You […]

There Is Never A Good Time For A Surprise Vet Bill

There Is Never A Good Time For A Surprise Vet Bill

When Mr. MMM and I decided to blend our lives together, that meant combining animals. That puts us at a total of 2 dogs and 2 cats. They outnumber the humans in our house by 1. The cats are fairly innocuous, but the dogs are big and hairy. And unfortunately, they both have anxiety and […]

All The Jobs And Mistakes – Before We Were Mr. and Mrs. Mad Money Monster

All The Jobs And Mistakes – Before We Were Mr. and Mrs. Mad Money Monster

It is great to be on our way to financial freedom and to be doing all the right things. But let me tell you, it wasn’t always this way. Mr. MMM and I had separate lives (obviously) until we met a few years ago. We both have a past with plenty of mistakes littered along […]

Avoid Overspending By Following The Rule Of Half

Avoid Overspending By Following The Rule Of Half

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure for more info. Now that the holidays are behind us, I’ve been working like crazy around the house to get all of our glorious decorations tucked away for next year. That sounded really good, but in reality, I moved our decorated Christmas trees into our […]

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