My Personal Route to Financial Independence – Wealth Swimming to Shore Analogy

I’ve been swimming to shore financially for the past 2 and a half years since my last update!  The shore is the closest it’s ever been! In fact, if I let my body submerge under the water straight down like a pencil, my feet touch bottom and the water line is only about a foot… Continue reading My Personal Route to Financial Independence – Wealth Swimming to Shore Analogy

Paying Expenses From Dividends

Paying normal expenses is a lot like renting, you never really get ahead and may even be living paycheck to paycheck for your entire life, just barely getting by. Or perhaps you are hording away money living like a miser until it’s time to retire.  The problem with that approach is retirement may never come,… Continue reading Paying Expenses From Dividends

10 Ways To Improve Your Chances To Become Rich

Honestly, Are you trying to become rich? I’ll admit there is more that I could do to try to breach the point where my passive income exceeds my expenses, but I choose not to. Although I’m frugal, I’m quite sure that I could run an even tighter financial ship!  Below is a quick list of… Continue reading 10 Ways To Improve Your Chances To Become Rich

Getting Wealthy By Swimming to Shore

Getting Wealthy By Swimming to Shore. Yesterday’s post: Defend Your Financial Fortress Against Spending Temptations!, prompted Sandy from First Gen American to ask the following question:  “I’m interested which budget categories you beefed up since your mortgage got paid”?  So in this post, I attempt to explain my position and answer Sandy’s question! Originally, I wrote: Stop… Continue reading Getting Wealthy By Swimming to Shore