My Medi-Share review below was originally written in 2009 when I was investigating them but has been continually updated (now for 2024) as I‘ve been using them for over 10 years. Hope it helps! If you are self-employed like me or are just looking for a Christian health insurance alternative, you may just want to […]
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My Checklist To Financial Freedom (PDF)
I love checklists. Especially when I want to make progress in a particular area but don’t exactly know what steps to take. This is a personal financial checklist that covers many of the steps I have taken over last decade that have helped me move from being a financial mess to having a little bit of an idea of what’s going on.
10 Free Household Budget Spreadsheets
Someone asked me to share my favorite free household or personal budgeting spreadsheets… Each one of these budgeting templates are free… If you use OpenOffice (basically a free version of Microsoft Office)…
When you don’t see results from tithing
For all the encouraging tithing testimonies that I hear from readers, I occasionally get people emailing or commenting something like this: “Tithing didn’t work for me” “I tithed for a while, but didn’t see results” “I quit tithing because I didn’t notice any change” I have wanted to write this article for a while addressing this, […]
25 Top Ways To Save Money (that work fast)
25 ways to save money by not doing what “normal” people do. A lot of money can be saved by thinking “outside the box.”
How to get out of credit card debt (on your own)
12 years ago, Linda and I confronted our debt and decided that we were going to pay off our credit card debt on our own (and fast if at all possible). We were determined to make the sacrifices necessary to eliminate it as quickly as possible. We had $46k in total debt (though not all […]
How we travel for free [161 hotel nights and 103 flights all free]
I know when you read a title like “how to travel the U.S. for free” you can’t help but be suspicious. But stick with me on this – if this is new to you, you are going to like it. Over the last 5 years, we have gotten 161 hotel nights and 100+ flights all […]
Why I took a Sabbatical year (and how I did it)
This 7,000 word guide explains why I took a sabbatical year and exactly how I did it, just in case you are wanting to take a sabbatical for yourself.
