Category: Happiness Project

Total Money Makeover During Tax Season

One of the reasons I chose March to focus on finances, is because I knew I would be getting our taxes ready and you can’t really look at your finances without taking a look at your taxes. I have always done our taxes, using Turbo Tax because our taxes have always been fairly simple. After

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Principles: What Guides You?

Back in November I bought my husband a copy of Principles by Ray Dalio. Honestly, I didn’t know much about Dalio, and only knew that he was a hedge fund manager and that his book was a top read for anyone in business. As my husband and I are both trying to read more, for

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Implementing MY Total Money Makeover

Yesterday I gave a quick overview of the Total Money Makeover, and today I am going to talk about how I will implement my own money makeover for My Happiness Project goal of Master Money March! As described in the book, you have to come up with a budget, the real kind. And you have

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Accountability

Since starting this blog I often question myself as to why I’m writing. What is the purpose of sitting in front of this computer, and sending my thoughts into cyberspace? Am I adding any value to anyone’s life? Why do I continue to write, even though I have one follower. Which really doesn’t count, because

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Did You Hear That?… I Sure Didn’t.

As part of my happiness project, for the month of February of focused on self-care. As previously discussed, I’ve been attempting to exercise, eat healthier, continue my Advocare one80 challenge, and wash my face; each of which I have continued to stay consistent with, even in the month of March. However, there has been one

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Money in a Marriage

As I have shared, my focus for the month is money. And as a person who stays at home raising my honey badgers, I don’t currently bring in a paycheck. During this season of life my husband is the financial provider, so in order to focus on mastering our money we had to talk about

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