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The Personal Finance Triple Constraint

October 18, 2017 MilitaryDollar 16 Comments

personal finance triple constraint

There’s a saying that you can get things “Fast, cheap, or good. Pick two.” This saying is meant to imply that you cannot have all three of those things. At least, you can’t have all of them at a high level. If you want something fast and cheap, it’s probably not going to be … [Read more...] about The Personal Finance Triple Constraint

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Quick Guide To TRICARE Dental Coverage

October 16, 2017 MilitaryDollar 4 Comments

TRICARE Dental

Several people have mentioned TRICARE Dental to me lately, both in online forums and in the workplace. Plus, I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was going to do a series on TRICARE. This is a continuation of that series. The first post is here if you’d like to check it … [Read more...] about Quick Guide To TRICARE Dental Coverage

Military Mondays Military Benefits, Military Mondays

Summary Sunday for October 15th, 2017

October 15, 2017 MilitaryDollar Leave a Comment

Summary Sunday

You Don’t Need To Love Math To Love Finance Smile & Conquer – October 11, 2017 If you are the person who reads personal finance blogs grudgingly because you know it’s important but darn it, you just don’t want to think about the numbers, this post is for you. I admit I … [Read more...] about Summary Sunday for October 15th, 2017

Summary Sundays Blogs, Summary Sunday

Net Worth: What It Is And More Importantly, What It Isn’t

October 13, 2017 MilitaryDollar 5 Comments

net worth

In the personal finance world, we talk about net worth a lot. Most people are focused on measuring their net worth...comparing it to their past net worths...comparing it to others. There is even a subtopic in the personal finance community focused on figuring out what your net … [Read more...] about Net Worth: What It Is And More Importantly, What It Isn’t

Finance Fridays Finance Fridays, Investing, Savings

That Day I Slashed $1000 From My Monthly Budget

October 11, 2017 MilitaryDollar 2 Comments

$1000 per month

DISCLAIMER: I received feedback that this post was confusing. This post is about a poor budgeting method I used to use that resulted in a lot of unneeded money sitting in my bank account, which I then spent because, well, it was there to be spent. It is not a list of ways to … [Read more...] about That Day I Slashed $1000 From My Monthly Budget

FIRE, Miscellaneous Budget, Financial Independence, FIRE, Frugal Living

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