Tag: Everyday investing
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Reasons You and Your Spouse Don’t Agree On Money: Part 3 – Creating Agreement in Real Life
This blog post is Part 3 of a 3 part series. You can find Part 1: Values and Part 2: Standards and Real Life here. One of the hardest parts of growing together as a team is creating habits that support your values and standards. Values drive your behaviors and lifestyle, and standards are how…
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Reasons You and Your Spouse Don’t Agree On Money: Part 2 – Standards and Real Life
This blog post is Part 2 of a 3 part series. You can find Part 1: Values and Part 3: Creating Agreement in Real Life here. Your ideals make up your dreams. Your standards make up your real life. Real life beats your dreams every day. When my husband and I were engaged, one…
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Reasons You and Your Spouse Don’t Agree On Money: Part 1 – Values
This blog post is Part 1 of a 3 part series. You can find Part 2: Standards and Real Life and Part 3: Creating Agreement in Real Life here. Did you know that disagreements over money are one of the main reasons for divorce in the United States? It doesn’t surprise me. How we manage…
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Getting Used to Being Different
At some point in my investing journey, I realized I was living a life that was very different from other people. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it at first, but it probably became most apparent after our difficult financial year in 2014. That year, we were using up all our savings, I was…
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Reaching a Personal & Financial Goal
This Monday, we started work on a long-planned house addition! We purchased our house in November 2010, 5 months before our first child was born. As with all large decisions, we set some parameters for the property: 1 acre minimum Closest proximity to Washington, DC possible (inside the beltway) $400-500K Livable (had to have running…
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Master Tax Preparation List
Happy Tax Season! I just received my last document for 2018 filing, and am gearing up to find out what the new tax code will bring us. I’m sharing my master checklist for tax preparation with you. Every year, I review this list, to ensure that I have everything I need. If there are items…