After my daughter was born, I have been focusing more on how to maximize family travel. Sure, traveling with a baby ain't easy. But I'm expecting it to get easier with time. And at least it doesn't have to be expensive! In today's guest post, Greg Johnson shares 9 simple ways to make family travel cheaper and more affordable. Greg created the award-winning blog Club … [Read more...] about 9 Simple Ways To Make Family Travel Cheaper
Archives for October 2018
Weekend Reflections: Emotions and Money
Weekend Reflections: Emotions and Money Last weekend, I went to a medical school alumni event. We were celebrating our ten year med school class of 2008 reunion. It was a beautiful event filled with many fond and happy emotions. I was reunited with four of my closest classmates. We are now practicing in different cities so it was great to catch up with all of them. After ten … [Read more...] about Weekend Reflections: Emotions and Money
Traveling With a Baby Ain’t Easy
Traveling With A Baby Ain't Easy Earlier this year I had some pretty lofty plans. I wanted to continue traveling the world and take our baby with us. Maybe we could take our baby to France. Perhaps the baby would do well on a cruise. Well, none of that happened. The furthest we've been able to travel to is Orlando for FinCon. And that wasn't exactly easy … [Read more...] about Traveling With a Baby Ain’t Easy
Make A Statement! — An Investor Policy Statement
Make An Investor Policy Statement With the stock market dipping down last week then rebounding shortly after, it shows us how volatile stocks can be. And it's easy to become emotional when following the ups and downs of market volatility. We all know that it's important to not be distracted by the noise, stay the course, and stick with your investment plan. But what if you … [Read more...] about Make A Statement! — An Investor Policy Statement
FinCon18 Budget / Buy Nothing Challenge September Edition
FinCon18 Money and Food Diary FinCon18 was a fantastic experience and by far the most costly expense of September. Thus, I'm adding to my usual buy nothing challenge update with a fun FinCon18 money and food diary. Housing, transportation, and food are generally the biggest living expenses for the average person or family. Expenses for FinCon18 were no different. In … [Read more...] about FinCon18 Budget / Buy Nothing Challenge September Edition
My Fantastic FinCon18 Experience
My Fantastic FinCon18 Experience FinCon18 was absolutely fantastic. For almost a year, I had been enthusiastically looking forward to FinCon18. I had read so many amazing articles about the FinCons of years past that the FOMO in me just had to check it out for myself. I was so excited that I purchased tickets early in the year just in time for the early bird pre-sale … [Read more...] about My Fantastic FinCon18 Experience