Comments on: Being Debt Free is like the Driving Part of Being on Vacation http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/ Smart Reasons to Save, Use and Invest Money Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MoneyReasons http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-612 MoneyReasons Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:42:06 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1438#comment-612 Hi Well Heeled! First, thanks for including me in your Yakezie lineup, I'm very honored :) Being totally debt-free being some hard choice... It's almost like having practice test at school, and now getting a real one. I've been thinking in ways that I haven't though before. Mostly around Investments, in particular Dividend stocks! Thanks for stopping by, and writing such a great site at www.wellheeledblog.com! Hi Well Heeled!

First, thanks for including me in your Yakezie lineup, I’m very honored :)

Being totally debt-free being some hard choice… It’s almost like having practice test at school, and now getting a real one. I’ve been thinking in ways that I haven’t though before. Mostly around Investments, in particular Dividend stocks!

Thanks for stopping by, and writing such a great site at http://www.wellheeledblog.com!

]]> By: WellHeeledBlog http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-611 WellHeeledBlog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:34:04 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1438#comment-611 Congrats again for being debt-free! :) Btw, I included you in my Yakezie roundup: http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/03/08/blogs-roundup-yakezie-edition/ Congrats again for being debt-free! :) Btw, I included you in my Yakezie roundup: http://www.wellheeledblog.com/2010/03/08/blogs-roundup-yakezie-edition/

]]> By: Money Reasons http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Money Reasons Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:27:05 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1438#comment-610 @LeanLifeCoach Thanks, I like your hill analogy! Yeah, so far the Lunch experiment has been a success for me, but really it's a play in high risk dividend stocks. For my regular expenses, I'm planing on going with safer Aristocrat Dividend plays. the yield won't be as high, but neither will the risk! If I do it right, it should be fun and profitable! I'll definitely be posting more of my investment decisions in the future!!! @LeanLifeCoach
Thanks, I like your hill analogy!

Yeah, so far the Lunch experiment has been a success for me, but really it’s a play in high risk dividend stocks.

For my regular expenses, I’m planing on going with safer Aristocrat Dividend plays. the yield won’t be as high, but neither will the risk!

If I do it right, it should be fun and profitable!

I’ll definitely be posting more of my investment decisions in the future!!!

]]> By: LeanLifeCoach http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-609 LeanLifeCoach Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:45:37 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1438#comment-609 A very innovative way to measure your progress. First lunches, then the electric bill. You rolled that snowball of debt elimination down hill and now you can roll a new snowball up the other side. Rock on! .-= LeanLifeCoach´s last blog ..<a href="http://eliminatethemuda.com/2010/03/are-you-earning-a-living-or-living-an-earning/" rel="nofollow">Are You Earning A Living or Living An Earning?</a> =-. A very innovative way to measure your progress. First lunches, then the electric bill. You rolled that snowball of debt elimination down hill and now you can roll a new snowball up the other side.

Rock on!
.-= LeanLifeCoach´s last blog ..Are You Earning A Living or Living An Earning? =-.

]]> By: Money Reasons http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Money Reasons Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:31:28 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1438#comment-608 Drat, you caught me in a typo, that was suppose to be $40 a week! Good catch! I'll correct it! Now I have to wonder if I made the same mistake in my initial post... hmmmm It's currently yielding about $100 a quarter, but that could change. I'm invested in a risky REIT, and a oil/gas company. I can afford to do this for the experiment because it doesn't cost me anything! I would have paided that money for lunch, so it a twisted way... it's kind of like free money. Currently, it yields about Drat, you caught me in a typo, that was suppose to be $40 a week! Good catch! I’ll correct it!

Now I have to wonder if I made the same mistake in my initial post… hmmmm

It’s currently yielding about $100 a quarter, but that could change. I’m invested in a risky REIT, and a oil/gas company.

I can afford to do this for the experiment because it doesn’t cost me anything! I would have paided that money for lunch, so it a twisted way… it’s kind of like free money.
Currently, it yields about

]]> By: moneyhoneysf http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-607 moneyhoneysf Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:53:28 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1438#comment-607 Interesting lunch experiment. I tried scraping off lunch money but find myself spending even more during weekends. $40/mo in lunch money saving is not bad. One year would save you about $280. Pay that $10 to commission, and invest the $270. At an average dividend of 2% yield a year, you are looking at $54. so that does pay for one month of free lunch. .-= moneyhoneysf´s last blog ..<a href="http://moneyhoneysf.blogspot.com/2010/03/february-2010-net-worth-update.html" rel="nofollow">February 2010 Net Worth Update</a> =-. Interesting lunch experiment.

I tried scraping off lunch money but find myself spending even more during weekends.

$40/mo in lunch money saving is not bad. One year would save you about $280. Pay that $10 to commission, and invest the $270. At an average dividend of 2% yield a year, you are looking at $54. so that does pay for one month of free lunch.
.-= moneyhoneysf´s last blog ..February 2010 Net Worth Update =-.

]]> By: MoneyReasons http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-606 MoneyReasons Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:43:48 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1438#comment-606 @ParisGirl That's the plan! Eventually, I want to try and replace all my expenses with Dividend yielding stocks! @ParisGirl
That’s the plan! Eventually, I want to try and replace all my expenses with Dividend yielding stocks!

]]> By: ParisGirl111 http://www.moneyreasons.com/2010/03/being-debt-free-is-like-the-driving-part-of-being-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-605 ParisGirl111 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:39:18 +0000 http://www.moneyreasons.com/?p=1438#comment-605 I love the idea of creating an account that allows you to eat lunch out on your dividends. Way to be creative with your savings and investing. :) In the same way, you can do this with a car investing account. Save enough each month that will eventually allow you to buy a car every 7 years with your dividend. I love the idea of creating an account that allows you to eat lunch out on your dividends. Way to be creative with your savings and investing. :) In the same way, you can do this with a car investing account. Save enough each month that will eventually allow you to buy a car every 7 years with your dividend.

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