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Positive Statistics To Make You Smile

All too often we (myself included) are talking about doom and gloom statistics, like how 2/3 of Americans can’t cover a $1,000 emergency or how the VAST majority of Americans have WAY too little in retirement savings.  I thought it would be a fun exercise to dig up some positive …

John C’s Resume of Failure

J$ over at Budgets Are Sexy laid down the gauntlet to publish a resume of failures to balance out the record in terms of success.  Naturally we tend to advertise our successes much much more than our failures, it’s just human nature. Our failures get buried in the backyard and …

Being Thankful For Plenty

I can’t tell you how many times a day I have a thought cross my mind that I don’t have enough.  I don’t have enough cash in savings. I certainly don’t have enough in retirement funds.  I don’t have enough to pay off my house…etc.  It’s so easy to focus …