Lifestyle
Are You Financially Fit?
The financial health of so many people today is extremely poor. Unfortunately, we live in a country where instant gratification takes priority over financial well being. Today, I’m going to talk about a tool that can help you figure out the status of your financial health.
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The Easiest Way For A 20-Something To Start A Savings Habit
There are many things to consider and many skills to learn when it comes to the idea of building wealth in your life time. Anyone will tell you that as a 20-something, you are at a huge advantage if you start early. The idea of “starting early” is drilled into your head. What exactly does it mean to “start early”? Should you start picking stocks? Join a 401(k)? I think it’s even simpler. You need to learn how to save. Here is the easiest way to start early.
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What Do You Enjoy When You Aren’t Thinking About Money And Your Job?
Today is one of those days where I’m a little burned out. I’m not really energized when it comes to work and that goes for blogging as well. I’ve been hitting it pretty hard the last few weeks and need a day off. While I’m still working, I’m turning my mind off to an extent. Instead, I’m thinking about the other things that I enjoy. Well, I’m gonna talk about one of those things.
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Balancing Long Term Goals With An In-The-Moment Lifestyle
Goals are important. I talk about them a lot, I think about them a lot and I analyze my pursuit of them. When does your goal oriented lifestyle extend past begin purposeful and become inhibiting? Staying focused on the future and building towards that future is important; however, it is equally important to enjoy the each day and each moment. Otherwise, you may find yourself old and rich and wondering where your life went. That’s not the goal!
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Weekend Reading Assignments For 20-Somethings Who Care About Their Future And Their Money
As yet another interesting week comes to a close, instead of wrapping up the week with some of my own commentary, I have decided to pass along some of the good tidbits that I have read this week. Hope you enjoy.
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I’m In A Good Position Financially, What Can I Do To Take My Personal Finances To The Next Level?
I recently had a conversation with a friend who mentioned they are in a pretty good financial situation. He had no debt, had just purchased his first house, and participated in a 401(k) plan at work. His question was what else could he do to improve his already solid personal finances?
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Can Your 20s Be About More Than Just “Paying Your Dues”?
When it comes to careers, personal finance and building wealth, most people assume your 20-something years are strictly about “paying your dues”. What I want to look at today are some ways to make more out of this decade of your life. I believe there are ways to jump ahead of the curve and begin building wealth in your 20s.
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20 Must Reads For 20-Somethings
It has been quite the journey over the few months as I’ve reached 100 posts. I have learned a great deal about finance, investing, writing, and blogging! For the 100th post of 20s Money, I have decided to compile the best 20 articles judged by content and popularity for this post. I hope you enjoy.
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Profiling 20-Somethings Who Pursue Wealth: The Aspiring Artist
I am a firm believer in learning by examples. Today, I am starting a series called “Profiling 20-Somethings Who Pursue Wealth.” In this series, we will look at numerous real people in their 20s doing various things to get ahead in the road to riches. Hopefully, these examples will help provide some direction in your brainstorming and planning.
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If Guns Kill People, Then Do Pens Misspell Words?
Here in America, we have a widespread attitude of blaming everyone else for our problems. Personal responsibility is not a popular concept to embrace. We look to the government for our general welfare. We look to government and companies for our retirement. We blame cigarette companies for cancer, gun companies for murder, and banks for subprime mortgages. When do we decide to take responsibility for ourselves and for our own future?
This blog is about taking a hold of our financial future and not relying on anyone to provide for us now or down the road.
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My Having, Being And Doing Motivation For Building Wealth
What motivates you to work hard and to strive for financial success? I find it to be a good exercise to break up into three pieces the things that motivate me. These three categories are having, being and doing. In this article I will give you some examples of what motivates me in my life to work hard and build wealth. I hope my examples will help bring into focus the things that drive you in your life.
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How Can You Make $100,000 Worth More Than $200,000?
Is it possible for $100,000 to be worth more than $200,000? I think so, and let me explain why. If you look at the lifestyle that $100,000 or $200,000 is to represent, and focus on it, I can show you how sometimes the former is worth more than the later. I encourage you to read on.
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20 Reasons For 20-Somethings To Pursue Financial Excellence
Financial excellence is achieved when a person has multiple income streams. Furthermore, financial excellence means that you have assets working for you and building wealth for you. Financial excellence is a fantastic goal.
Most of us in our 20s have not achieved such a state yet; however, now is the time to begin the pursuit of such a goal. Need some motivation? Here are 20 reasons you should begin your pursuit of financial excellence immediately.
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What’s Your Ideal Work/Life Balance?
Work/life balance is a concept that gets a great deal of attention these days. Companies preach about their fantastic work/life balance opportunities when recruiting season rolls around. I know I fell for it at my first employer.
You should be the one dictating what your work/life balance should look like. Determine what you want for your life. Then go get it.
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The Three Most Humbling Experiences Of My Life
Some things in life are easy. Others can require more thought, more energy, more effort. And some things are just flat humbling. As an energetic 25 year old, I’ll admit that few things typically humble me. I have an assumption that I am good at most things and if I’m not, with minimal effort, I can usually figure it out rather quickly.
In the past few months, I have experienced not one or two, but three extremely humbling experiences. Experiences that have smacked me in the face with the realization that sometimes I truly have no idea what I’m doing.
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Mobile Social Networking Will Be Fun and Profitable
Being a technology geek, I am fascinated by new technology and trends that are changing the world that we live in. In my previous post regarding Facebook and its future IPO, I touched on what I view as the future of social networking. In this post, I’d like to continue the discussion of the future of social networking, specifically, the mobile form. I’ll also take a look at companies that may be poised to benefit from such a trend and how you, the investor, can take advantage of it.
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Lifestyle Design: How Much Would We Save By Selling One Car?
I often think about the lifestyle that our culture reinforces on us each day. The lifestyle that is generally accepted. For most people, the lifestyle says that (barring any financial issues), most families will have two cars, whether they have kids or not. Well, we are very fortunate, and my wife and I have two cars. We also are about to start working together.
I have a strong desire to see what it would be like to only have one car between us. I admit, it would be much easier for us since we work at the same place, but it is still something that seems abnormal. If I told a friend that we are considering going to a one car lifestyle, I would get a weird look from them. Why would you want to do that? Well, several reasons.
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Setting Goals For A Second Income Stream
In my article regarding my Four-Pronged Financial Strategy, I talk about the four facets of generating wealth in my life. A second income stream is my favorite facet to work towards. More than a high performing portfolio. More than finding an undervalued piece of real estate. Why? Because a second income stream would have the largest financial impact in my life, and I would assume, in yours as well.
Imagine passively generating several hundred dollars a month or more in solid cash flow. It could help you eliminate debt in your life at a rapid pace, it could be steroids for your savings goal, or it could simply help fuel your lifestyle. It’s your choice what you do with the money. But it’s undeniable how impacting it would be. Let’s look at how to set some realistic goals and how to move forward reaching them.
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How To Travel The World Without Quitting Your Job
I love traveling. At 25 years of age, I have by no means broken any records with my traveling but I have most definitely been blessed with several trips overseas and travels all over the United States including a 10 day trip to Hawaii. Overall, not bad. Not bad, however, is not good enough.
A huge driving factor in most of what I talk about on this blog regarding financial freedom is my desire to travel and to have the means to travel. Furthermore, I talk at length about establishing a form of passive income on this blog. The best part of a passive income is that it is passive. This means that I could have cash flowing in while I’m traveling! What would be better than that?
Well, until you or I get to that point, what about the idea of traveling the world while working a regular job? Is that possible? Well, in my last job, I lived a very close version of this reality. It’s time for me to share my experience and share what I learned in order to potentially help you make this happen in your life.
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My Top Five Blog List For Other 20-Somethings
Okay, it’s time for me to admit something. There is other good content out there on the web for 20-somethings in addition to 20s Money. I’ve decided to go ahead and write an article recommending some of the blogs that I like to read frequently. Check them out and if you like them add them to your RSS reader.
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