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OTHERLIFE

OTHERLIFE Affiliate Marketing

I am making changes in my life. I have partnered with Otherlife and am doing Affiliate Marketing with their help. While not my first attempt at this, these folks, Jeff and Jessica Samis, are the best in the business. They give you EVERYTHING that you need to be successful.  Otherlife includes programs that are necessary … Read more

I DID IT! I am in Affiliate Marketing!

I finally figured out how to make real money online! This search has been going on for a very long time.  I have spent money on several different programs, most of which didn’t pan out.  Some may have, if I had pushed along, but they certainly weren’t like they were advertised, that’s for sure. I … Read more

Objectives versus Goals

Everybody talks about goals.  Teachers, counselors, parents, even friends, and yes of course, financial people.  But what about goals? What are they? Why are they “necessary”? What do I do when I reach it? Goals are so very finite.  Honestly, the ultimate goal is to die, but nobody sets that goal because nobody really wants … Read more

Keep your head up

Keep moving forward

This isn’t as much a financial post as it is a psychological one.  There are way too many times when life gets you down.  Things can definitely go wrong and sometimes they can be pretty major. It’s ok though, because you’ll get through it. You just have to remember to keep your head up. Unless … Read more

Living the Dream, the Hard Way

Financial Moron

You may recognize the title of this post as the slogan on my new logo.  I just wanted to explain the meaning of “Living The Dream, The Hard Way” a little because, well, because…. We, as a family, live our life pretty well.  My wife and I get to do the things that we like … Read more

Motivation, Dedication, or Desperation?

Drive

When it comes to making positive changes in your life, there really is only three ways that it gets done.  Those three ways are Motivation, Dedication, or Desperation. It doesn’t matter what kind of life you lead.  It could be a good life where you cruise right through it without a care in the world, … Read more

Crazy money vs. your budget

We don’t seem to be getting a handle on this budget thing. A lot of that is because my family is not on board with it yet.  A lot of that is because I haven’t pushed it hard enough, and still a lot of that is because we have had some really weird money expenditures … Read more

A little bit about how I got here.

I am the oldest of two children in my family.  When I was a kid, my parents both worked at respectable jobs and we lived in a newer but modest house on the east side of our small town in Connecticut.  The east side was considered the nicer side of town.  My parents each had … Read more

Some Financial Truths

Higher income does not automatically mean more savings!! It does not matter how much you make, it matters how much you are spending. A person earning $200,000 can be just as poor as a person earning $20,000. Lifestyle inflation is the devil. The reason those $200k people are poor? They keep increasing their lifestyle as … Read more