Shortly after graduating from college my soon to be wife and I had two full time incomes and we suddenly had money coming out of our ears compared to what we had been used to.  4 or 5 years earlier I was happy living in a closet of a home. I had even spent two summers... »

They often say time is money. But it isn’t… Time is life. Time is all we have. When you run out of money you will be forced to find a way to make more, but when you run out of time (life) that’s it. You can’t buy more time. If that is true shouldn’t we... »

We live in a throw it out society. The average American throws away seven and a half pounds of garbage which totals 2 billion pounds of garbage headed to the landfill each day. How is it possible to send that much garbage to the landfill each day? Obviously we could do a better job... »

What are some of your favorite memories? For me they are often memories of times that I took chances, stepped out of the box, or tried something new. I never think back to that one day where I did the same boring thing as the day before. This goes further than just thinking about... »

I had an interesting conversation the other day with a Branch President of a bank that I used to work for. He told me about how he went straight to work at a factory when he was 18 years old. At that time that was just what everyone did. He managed to get a good paying... »

What a wonderful time to be alive. We are lucky enough to have so many conveniences that our grandparents would have never considered possible. I am striving towards a simple life. I don’t watch much TV, my car is 11 years old, and I never even consider eating anything that is handed to me... »

“You can never get enough enough of what you don’t need to make you happy” ~ Eric Hoffer The national average income has quadrupled since 1960 but surveys show that Americans are less happy than before. We as a society have been under the perception that more money made us happy. If only we could... »

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” Dr. Seuss I took a couple days off from posting because I just wasn’t inspired. I began wondering if there was really a value in these posts. I have always believed there was and I have... »