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Words To The Wise I’m not a financial advisor everyone must do their own research. This is a very simple step-by-step guide on how to pay off debt. In this Blueprint, we will use the debt snowball method. If you are looking for investing advice check out my Investing 101 Blueprint. Did you know personal finance…

I get the question of what should I invest in so often I decided it was about time just to create Investing 101 Blueprint. This post will not be the end all be all. I think I will make this part of a Step-by-Step Blueprint Series. I’m not a financial advisor everyone must do their…

I have learned some very valuable lessons during this journey. Some like spend less than you earn, shoot for a high savings rate, try house hacking, learn CC hacking, use the public library and turn your podcasts to 1.5x the speed. These are all great lessons that have helped me along the way. I have…

Well, my blog is almost three years old at this point. I did take off almost a year from writing due to my career. While I have loved the journey and where this blog has taken me I started to think some change was needed. Financial Serenity Blog I needed something that described my journey,…

I want to explain why I do a monthly net worth update.  Keep me accountable Track my journey Prove that anyone can become a millionaire Prove that FIRE works As May comes to a close we are still in a quartine situation here in San Diego. This month was mostly hanging out and getting my…

I want to explain why I do a monthly net worth update.  Keep me accountable Track my journey Prove that anyone can become a millionaire Prove that FIRE works We are still in a quartine situation here in San Diego. Mind you I still go to work every day but almost everything is closed here…

Enlisted Military As an enlisted Marine, I wish I had some sound advice in my early years in the Marine Corps for my finances. When I joined there was not really any financial training. On top of that, so many people are bad with money It’s to be expected that no one I worked with…

My Stimulus Check It’s mid-April and the COVID-19 stimulus checks are starting to hit folks accounts. I’m only getting $1,200 because we have no kids and my wife is not a citizen here and we were not married last year. But hey $1,200 is still $1,200 and there is a lot I can do with…