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How I Spend Less than $35 a Week on Groceries (my full shopping list, exposed!)

February 12, 2019 By The Money Wizard 30 Comments

Have you ever done something that you thought was totally normal, only to be met with shock when you shared it with the rest of the world? The first time this happened to me was when I went to college, and realized everyone thought I was nuts for safety pinning my socks together in the […]

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Don’t end up like these furloughed employees. Live within your means to avoid financial disaster.

January 21, 2019 By The Money Wizard 30 Comments

emergency fund government shutdown

If you’ve followed the news at all, logged into twitter, or even just stepped outside from underneath a rock, you’ve no doubt heard about the ongoing government shutdown. Today, the shutdown hits its 30th continuous day, which places this closure a full week longer than the second longest shutdown in government history. The lock up […]

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I spent $14,634 remodeling my kitchen, and I learned how spoiled I really am.

December 18, 2018 By The Money Wizard 14 Comments

home remodeling hgtv syndrome

Nelson from FinancialUproar.com calls it HGTV Syndrome.  We all know what it is, even if we’ve never applied a name. You start watching HGTV. A lovely couple moves into an “okay” house. They spend a couple dollars, hire a few contractors, and before you know it, that okay house is an amazing one! Best of […]

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This 100-year-old retiree with $5 million in the bank has a simple lesson for us all.

November 29, 2018 By The Money Wizard 15 Comments

Step aside, early retirees. Orville Rogers has your retirement goals dwarfed. And he’s not even trying. You see, I’ve talked a lot on this blog about hypotheticals. A couple million here, a few decades there. Then there’s Orville Rogers. He’s a former airplane pilot who, at age 60, was forced to retire due to the […]

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The 30 for 30 Rule: Become a Millionaire with Just $30 a Day

October 8, 2018 By The Money Wizard 16 Comments

30 for 30 rule millionaire with $30 a day

One of my favorite shows, in the worst way possible, was that Ancient Aliens show on the History Channel. Not because it’s a good show, but because it’s so laughably bad that it makes for some of the best mindless entertainment on TV. (To be clear: TV is all mindless entertainment. So if you’re going […]

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