With COVID-19 still making physical proximity an exercise in risk analysis, the task of educating children has proven to be yet another 2020 event wreaking havoc on everyone involved. Teachers, …

Managing money, like any skill in life, involves learning and making better choices over time. Nobody goes from regularly over-drafting their checking account to investing money via a backdoor ROTH …

Have you ever felt overwhelmed with just too many tasks and obligations on your plate? Hello! It’s 2020. I feel like that every day. Good point. Then you’ve probably realized …

When is the last time you took a big chance, put a crazy idea out into the world, or did something nobody else around you was doing? If you have …

Losing your job unexpectedly is never a fun experience, but it’s a real scenario that can happen to anyone. In addition to the mental and emotional turmoil of losing colleagues, …

I get it. The idea of doing a budget isn’t an exciting thought for most people. A budget seems more like a consequence doled out by the fun police than …

I bought an office chair! I know, I know. It’s just a chair. Who cares? Well, apparently my back and butt and legs care very much. Ever since I started …

My wife and I have been preparing for the last few years to buy a new-to-us minivan this year, and as I have started doing some of the first steps …

It was June in Texas and we were experiencing the hottest day of the year so far. Of course, standing over the grill frying up burgers and hot dogs wasn’t …

The debate over paying off your mortgage early vs. keeping the mortgage long term has been an ongoing debate for millennia. On one side of the debate are those that …

For many people, the idea of paying cash for a car seems ludicrous. It might seem like something only rich people can do, like doctors and lawyers and Beyoncé. Our …

Back in 2009, with my wife pregnant with our first child, we were in the market for a larger car. Unlike most people though, that didn’t mean we were heading …

To say that life has been a little wonky of late would be an understatement. Any kind of normal routines said goodbye weeks ago. Or has it been years? Yet …

While we all hunker down and follow whatever quarantine procedures are currently in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, it’s hard not to absorb just some of the …