This page contains affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info. Caitlin asks: How do you decide what's worth just spending the money? When do you stop shopping around? I sometimes get so fixated on something being too expensive that I spend hours … [Read more...] about Q&A Series: Shopping Around
Miscellaneous
Setting Up a Travel Budget
A few people have asked me about traveling on a budget. I thought I’d be able to handle this topic in one quick post, but when I started writing it turns out there are a lot of steps that I do sort of intuitively at this point. I didn’t realize how much there was to say! It was … [Read more...] about Setting Up a Travel Budget
Bonus Post – BRS Comparison Calculator
The DOD Blended Retirement System Comparison Calculator is out in Beta Mode! You can't link to it from the BRS site yet. You have to know where to go. I have the link below. If that sounds shady (it kind of does, I know) you can always go to the DOD military compensation website … [Read more...] about Bonus Post – BRS Comparison Calculator
My Investing Philosophy
Investing should be dull. It shouldn't be exciting. Investing should be more like watching paint dry or grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas... It is not easy to get rich in Las Vegas, at Churchill Downs, or at the local Merrill Lynch office.” I am a … [Read more...] about My Investing Philosophy
My Personal Finance Inspirations
This page contains affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for more info. As I mentioned in my first post, Why I’m Starting MilitaryDollar.com, I got to where I am today largely through many, many, many hours of studying personal finance experts and bloggers. I’m not kidding … [Read more...] about My Personal Finance Inspirations