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January 2, 2008Managing Cash FlowWow -- I am still amazed at how complex managing personal finances gets once you get married. It's like that corporate project that gets extra headcount to speed things up, but yet everything slows down because more communication, more interlock... January 7, 2008There's Hope, We May Finish RichSometimes is all about timing. Last year my wife and I made an unsuccessful attempt to sit down and read together Smart Couples Finish Rich. We were able to get a few chapters into it, but other external events and... January 9, 2008December 2007 Net Worth Update (+$14,363)A good month for us to end the year on. After a loss last month and all the churn from the wedding expenses in the past couple months its nice to see some progress being made again. I just hope... January 14, 2008Smart Couples: Value Circles My wife and I recently resumed reading Smart Couples Finish Rich. I have been pushing for the two of us to read this book to help us talk about and begin better financial planning for the two of us.... January 16, 2008Smart Couples: Retirement Basket As part of our reading of Smart Couples Finish Rich, my wife and I discussed our retirement savings strategy. Not rocket science, but I first gave my wife an overview of what we are doing today: 1) Max out... January 17, 2008Smart Couples: Security Basket My wife and I recently resumed reading Smart Couples Finish Rich. The book helped us discuss our different values, and sync on our current retirement savings plan. The next section in the book was focused on security including emergencies,... January 18, 2008Smart Couples: Dreams Basket My wife and I recently resumed reading Smart Couples Finish Rich. The book helped us discuss our different values, sync on our current retirement savings plan, and start talking about our insurance needs. The last section in the book... January 21, 2008Smart Couples Finish Rich Book ReviewWell my wife and I finally completed our reading of Smart Couples Finish Rich. Was it everything I had hoped it would be? The book doesn’t perform miracles, but it definitely helped my wife and I kickoff some important financial... January 22, 2008Sharing Our Cash FlowAfter realizing that I needed to come up with better financial reports to share with my wife; I decided to focus on monthly cash flow for now. I tried to start with a simple and more graphical representation of our... January 23, 20082008 Financial GoalsMy wife and I had a quick conversation to establish our 2008 Financial Goals. 1) Primary House Down payment Goal ($80,000) We have $36,500 currently earmarked for the house downpayment so we still have a challenge ahead of us to... January 24, 2008Market Turmoil Creates Opportunity for WealthStock markets got you down? I often struggle with feelings of failure when the markets head down significantly. I feel like I should have moved more money to cash before the markets started selling off or I should have held... January 25, 20082007 Net Worth ReviewI wanted to take a quick look at my net worth over the course of 2007 before I do a detailed analysis of how my net worth performed. Let me start with a chart of my monthly net worth for... January 28, 2008Negotiation Genius Book ReviewNegotiation Genius is a well written text book on a subject that I think everyone should learn more about (especially for folks interested in personal finance). Once I started, I quickly read through the whole book and was still eager... January 30, 2008Housing Costs are our Biggest Obstacle to Financial FreedomMaybe Im over simplifying, but over the past month my wife and I have started to recognize that the primary thing that stands in our way to financial freedom is housing costs. If we step back, the single biggest expense... | About 2millionblog.comA personal finance weblog of my journey to reach my goal of $2 million + the value of my primary residence.
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