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Stay in school or you will wind up at Michigan State?

I was at the gym the other day - in the morning on a weekday because I quit my "I'm a prestigious manager" job and now work from home and design my own schedule - and couldn't help but notice a guy walk up to some middle-aged woman using a treadmill next to me. He walked up to her, grasped her arm and said, with a smile on his face, "stay in school or you will wind up at Michigan State". Laughter ensued.

What to do with an extra $6 grand this month?

Okay, we are absolutely swimming in it this month - bonuses for both my wife and I finally got rolled into our bank accounts recently, leaving us with an additional $6+k (before taxes) in cash - beautiful cold hard cash. And I love the smell of money. I'm practically hearing the wonderful clinging sound of coins bouncing off of each other as they literally fall from the sky out of some invisible caldron of money!

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Ladies and Gentlemen: The Liebster Award!

Brian from one of my favorite blogs, DebtlessInTexas.com, nominated Think Save Retire for the Liebster Award, which is a way to learn more about newer blogs and especially the people who make all the magic happen behind the scenes. I like the idea, so I will take the bull by the horns and complete my part of this experience.

Change Your Life

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Liebster Award!

Brian from one of my favorite blogs, DebtlessInTexas.com, nominated Think Save Retire for the Liebster Award, which is a way to learn more about newer blogs and especially the people who make all the magic happen behind the scenes. I like the idea, so I will take the bull by the horns and complete my part of this experience.

Our Walt Disney World vacation

They say that Walt Disney World (Orlando, FL) is the happiest place on earth. I might also say it is the most detailed. Between Disney’s four parks – Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom – what visitors get is something much more than just an amusement park.

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The Friday Feast ~ the 6th of March

Simple organized life, The art of simple, treading your own path, Budgets are sexy, Big guy money, Frugaling, Retire by 40

The art of staying positive

Last week my family and I spent 5 days at Walt Disney World, known by many to be the happiest place on earth. My two nieces (9 and 6 years old) were there to experience the magic with us adults. Though we all had a ton of fun, it was still interesting how easy it was for the kids, who got to miss a week a school and spend several days at Disney World, to complain about everything that went wrong.

TSR Rewind: Remembering February, 2015

This is the February, 2015 podcast of ThinkSaveRetire Rewind, a short radio show series that takes a look at the previous month, what I did right, what I did wrong, and whatever else I feel like talking about!

FOOD ~ February 2015

As I mentioned in the budgeting article, we did very well on our grocery budget this month. However, we knew we would. Not only is February a shorter month and therefore we have fewer days to cook and eat but we also spent the whole last week in Florida where my in-laws covered all our food expenses (I married right :)).

Budget February 2015 ~ The Shortest Month

We spent the entire last week in February in Florida visiting my in-laws and going on an all expenses paid trip to Disney World with Steve's entire side of the family. What this meant for the budget is that we didn't spend a dime of our own money in the last week of February.

Why are people so busy? Slow the hell down!

I remember about 10 years ago I was talking with a co-worker of mine about our out-of-work activities planned for that weekend. I happened to mention to him that I love nights and weekends because they allow me time to finally relax and unwind a bit, focus on some of the simpler things in life, enjoying my time before life literally passes me by. The weekends were my time to relax.

The Friday Feast ~ 27th of February

Even Steven Money, Dividend Mantra, Afford Anything, Choosing Voluntary Simplicity, Debtless in Texas, Mindful Riot and Debt Discipline make this week's Friday feast.

Target Redcard: How does $72,000 in manufactured spending every year sound?

For the moment, Target is home to one of the most profoundly good deals in our economy. Target's no-annual-fee Prepaid Redcard lets customers load funds onto what they call their "Redcard", which is used just like a regular credit card and is accepted anywhere that American Express is.