My review of Republic Wireless after a year of happiness and huge cell phone savings. I can only imagine how hard my old cell phone company must have been laughing when they sent emails like this one… $131.43!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?! I love the “Thank you” at the bottom. Yeah right, you’re welcome. In all fairness, my […]
I recently asked myself a question and got a pretty good answer from myself. Here’s the Q&A I had with myself. Me: Hey Derek, do you think you should be getting up earlier and exercising and eating healthier? Me: Yeah. Of course there are cases when you should ask a friend or a professional for […]
Here’s my review of *Digit, the app that allows you to save money without thinking about it. What is Digit? Digit is an app that links up to your bank account, studies your spending patterns and then saves money for you automatically every few days. Signing up In a nutshell… it was super easy. Just […]
I have a friend. He is an artist. His income is wildly unpredictable. We’ve talked about money off and on over the years and he just gave me an update. I did a six month money recap project and it was really helpful! -Artist friend. He went on to tell me how he felt like […]
Can I be honest? Thanks. We’ve got a lot of plates spinning right now. Running two businesses (feels more like we are running forty five!) Raising a two year old and everything that goes along with that! Stupid car that tries to overheat at every traffic light. Special announcement that I can’t spill the beans […]
Your financial health has a huge impact on the health of your relationships. Good financial health can have a positive impact on your relationship. But can a financial disaster also have a positive impact on your relationship? When Carrie and I got married in 2010 we were fighting the biggest financial battle of our lives. […]
The first band I ever saw play live was at the middle school talent show. I was in 5th grade at the time which was still elementary school. Going up to the middle school for the show was a big deal. One of the acts at the talent show was a band of eight graders. […]
The best money (and life) advice comes from conversations with friends and acquaintances. Normal people, not just the experts who write books and host T.V. shows. Of course that stuff is good, but not all thought leaders choose to write books. One friend of ours who recently made radical changes in his life had this […]
Carrie and I both own and run small businesses which means we just make it up as we go more often than I would like to admit. An entrepreneur is by definition doing something that’s never been done, like everyday… all the time. We have systems and processes in place to help keep us on […]
UPDATE! (9 months later…) Love seeing the progress!!! I’ve read (and even said it myself) that what you pay attention to gets better. I believe it’s true. Enter, Debt Art! I’ve seen a few people post what I’m calling ‘debt art’. You know, like one of those fundraiser thermometers at school or church. Cheesy, maybe. But […]