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    Net Worth and Savings Update: April 25, 2021 MAJOR MILESTONE!
    Zach
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    Net Worth and Savings Update: April 25, 2021 MAJOR MILESTONE!

    This blog journey really started out when I crossed that $100,000 net worth line back in January of 2018. It took me 34 years of life to...
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    We Need Purpose, but Don't Want Responsibilty
    Zach
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    We Need Purpose, but Don't Want Responsibilty

    Jobs can be stressful. I may be "The Happiest Teacher" online, but even I can get overwhelmed and frazzled. With Spring Break almost...
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    Why do you work?
    Zach
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    Why do you work?

    My first job was when I was 11. I was a fresh faced kid out with his parents, shopping for a Christmas tree on a cold and starry...
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    How to be financially smart without being Frugal
    Zach
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    How to be financially smart without being Frugal

    As I sit looking out of my floor to ceiling windows at my beautiful view looking over the water and city, I know I could save more money....
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    A Tale of Two Stonks
    Zach
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Tale of Two Stonks

    A few weeks ago, the world went mad due to a popular uprising. The little guy was fighting back against the entrenched powers, and even...
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    Cheapness is a superpower!
    Zach
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Cheapness is a superpower!

    The world wants your attention. It craves your eyes, because your eyes are the quickest way to your wallet. Your brain plays a big role...
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    Let hatred make you Wealthy!
    Zach
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    Let hatred make you Wealthy!

    When I was about 20, I worked at a store called SEARS selling TV's. One day, a refurbished floor model was available for purchase, and...
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    Net Worth/Savings Update: January 26, 2021
    Zach
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Net Worth/Savings Update: January 26, 2021

    This is the first Net Worth and Savings Update from China! My life here is pretty settled at this point. I have a lovely apartment, I...
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    A Marshmallow Test for Adults
    Zach
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    A Marshmallow Test for Adults

    Can Marshmallows determine our fate? More specifically, can our response to them determine our academic, social, and financial success? ...
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    Cheap or Frugal, what's the difference?
    Zach
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Cheap or Frugal, what's the difference?

    My financial writing journey really started with this question for myself. I was getting my spending down, maximizing my savings, and I...
    78 views0 comments
    When is it a good idea to borrow money?
    Zach
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    When is it a good idea to borrow money?

    Times are tough. Budgets are tight. Even with news of COVID vaccines on the horizon, they aren't here yet. Even when it rolls out,...
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    What I learned from a month of overspending
    Zach
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    What I learned from a month of overspending

    November I started over. I moved, and when I did, I got rid of all my possessions, and got everything down to 4 suitcases. When I got to...
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    Money Lessons for my 20 year old Self
    Zach
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Money Lessons for my 20 year old Self

    In the personal finance space, the phrase I hear more than any other is, “I wish I knew then what I know now!” But the thing for me is...
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    How to figure out what is Enough
    Zach
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    How to figure out what is Enough

    I'm a greedy person. I consume. For decades I consumed to excess and felt the short term excitement and long term decay. I got fat. I...
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    Why you need to be OBSESSED with Financial Independence
    Zach
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    Why you need to be OBSESSED with Financial Independence

    For years I was an ogler of cars. I had a mind for Mercedes, I blushed for BMW, I was riveted to Rolls Royce. I saw a shiny car, and my...
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    What is Passive Income, and how do you get it?
    Zach
    • Oct 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    What is Passive Income, and how do you get it?

    Do you want to make money while you sleep?  Pretty much every video or article about “Passive Income” starts with this alluring question....
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    Get a 360% Return on your investment with BATCH COOKING!
    Zach
    • Oct 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    Get a 360% Return on your investment with BATCH COOKING!

    If you've followed me for any length of time, you know I love my Batch Cooking!  If I were Romeo, Batch Cooking would be my Juliet (minus...
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    Friends don't let friends join an MLM
    Zach
    • Oct 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Friends don't let friends join an MLM

    What would you say if your sister was about to start a job where 99% of the people who worked there LOST significant amounts of money...
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    Work Backwards to Avoid Poverty
    Zach
    • Sep 12, 2020
    • 3 min

    Work Backwards to Avoid Poverty

    In our world that seems to be spinning out of control with COVID, economic shocks, and environmental disasters, Stoicism is having a...
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    Controlling Our Environment Can Be a Powerful Financial and Health Tool
    Zach
    • Sep 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Controlling Our Environment Can Be a Powerful Financial and Health Tool

    Our habits are largely a product of our environment.  In the 1970s, Canadian Psychologist Bruce Alexander conducted his famous Rat Park...
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