Editor’s Note: Today is the first day of the ReadyForZero F³ Challenge where they are helping people make a change in three different parts of their life…food, fitness and finance. Make sure you join the challenge to help make yourself a better person in 2014. As I was growing up I always found it exciting to…
Just before Christmas, most stores start their sales on all of their holiday décor. Then, immediately following the big day, they cut those prices even further. Most of the time it will cost more to ship the items back to their supplier than it would be just to sell it at a fraction of the…
Lately it has been all over the news that Amazon is experimenting with the idea of delivering smaller packaged using their drone service. They claim that in certain areas people will have their package within 30 minutes of ordering online through this revolutionary delivery service. By using octocopters and GPS, Amazon prime users would be…
Those of us who live in western cultures understand that there is a social stigma that tells us that if we are not feeling happy, then we are doing something wrong. This being the case, we spend thousands upon thousands of dollars in an attempt to make ourselves feel better. We go to therapy and…
Only once have I ever participated in Black Friday shopping. Back when I was a freshman in college, a local sporting goods store was handing out $100 off coupons for the first 50 or so people through the door. At the time I was an avid skier, and I decided I could use a new…
This is the time of year that millions of people across the country don their bright orange vests and go out in search of harvesting their own food. They pile into trucks, spend weeks in the woods; they laugh, drink, and usually shoot a deer, elk, or other large game animal. For many hunters it…
On November 4th 2012 my wife and I were blessed with our first child. Although he came a little earlier than expected he was healthy and happy. The first year went by quick, and there were definitely financial sacrifices made. Here is our story: Hospital Costs Holden was supposed to be born at the end…