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What Do You REALLY Need to Live?
The Budgeting Series *NOTE: This is part 9 of a series on budgeting.* If you have missed the previous articles in this series, I encourage you to read them before moving forward – they are in … Read the rest
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What Are You Thankful For?
I’ll start out by asking a fairly simple but nuanced question: what are you thankful for? As I write this, my wife is making pie crust (from scratch – like everything else she does) while one of my daughters is … Read the rest
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Introducing Finances To Your Children
The Budgeting Series *NOTE: This is part 6 of a series on budgeting.* If you have missed the previous articles in this series, I encourage you to read them before moving forward – they are in … Read the rest
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Happy Labor day 2023
“Young men are putting themselves, six feet in the ground, cause all this damn country does, is keep on kicking them down…” Happy Labor Day, my friends – I hope this article and the day find you well. Whatever … Read the rest
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2023 Goals – August Review
2023 Goals – August Review If you are new here I wanted to take a second and give you the 411 on this review series. I establish goals at the beginning of the year and reevaluate them every month. For … Read the rest
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Benefits of Being a Union Member
For this post, we are going to explore some of the benefits of being a union member – and why you should be one, too. This is a sister post to 10 Benefits of Being a Union Contractor. Here … Read the rest
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10 Benefits of Being a Union Contractor
For over 20 years now, I’ve had numerous conversations with people who simply do not know the benefits of being a union member. For the most part, many are quite simply ignorant; they have erroneous ideas of what … Read the rest
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2023 Goals
Following the success of setting goals and a monthly check-up in 2022 (the review can be found here), I want to continue in 2023 to do much of the same. Therefore, I have some goals for this year … Read the rest
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2022 Goals – Year End Review
At the beginning of 2022, I decided to establish 5 new goals – and track the progress throughout the year. Those 5 goals were: Be more intentional Write more Max out our Roth IRAs Research other means of income Compartmentalize … Read the rest
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Budgeting 101
The Budgeting Series ***Updated for 2025*** We begin this particular post with a scary word for some: budgeting. For one reason or another, budgeting seems to be a terrifying subject for many to discuss – and … Read the rest