OUR DEBT FREE JOURNEY MONTH 7

KEEP TRACKING OUR SPENDING – Did I mention that Personal Capital is the bomb!!!! It really is. I prefer using it now from mint, It just gives a better snapshot of your financial picture, plus it allows me to track my 401K account from my previous employer which I rolled over to a Wealth front account, MINT, unfortunately did not let me do that, hence the switch.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT – One of my goals is to read at least 2 books a month, last month I was able to read through Michael Lewis ‘Boomerang’  an interesting study of how greed played into the decisions of financial governments in and around the European Union that ultimately contributed to the collapse of economies which included Greece, Iceland and Ireland to name a few.

Another great book I’ve read is Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin’s ‘Your Money Or Your Life’ ; a real eye opening look of how we as consumers unseemingly are oblivious of how we trade away time or ‘our life’ in pursuit of earning money.

It simplifies the equation time equals money and unpacks it in a way that shows us the real essence of what we’re giving up, our ‘life essence’ and a large part, the planet’s and how we trade it in return for consumption of goods that ultimately steal our life and contribute to the planet’s degradation.

INCREASING PAGE VIEWS – One of the things I’ll need to focus on is to grow my relationships with other like-minded FI ‘Financial Independence’ bloggers to get a chance of learning how they grew their audience and maybe ask for tips on how to improve my site, content and overall message. The best thing about being part of this community is that it’s just what it is, a community of like-minded, helpful individuals that seek to bring out the best and be of help to others.

I’ve only signed up for a few Facebook groups but by far, the best and most helpful group I’m part of is Bobby Hoyt’s ‘Millennial Money Man’ group, both groups for that matter. You’ll find folks who’ve been there, done that helping out newbs like myself and everyone else in between.

It’s just a genuine, helpful community of readers who give great tips and provide a whole lot of encouragement, they’re really the BEST!!! Kudos to you Bobby and the group admins!!!

We’re really encouraged to see that we’re finally making progress in our debt free journey; our focus now is to maintain the momentum and be able to see this through, the sooner the better.

By continuing to put our best foot forward, being consistent, and not giving up, Moira and I believe we’ll eventually get to our goals, and be better for it as we journey there, thanks to great resources, people, groups, and communities who inspire, motivate and help us along our way.

Thank you All, you are Awesome!!!

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Peace and Blessing to you All.