Speaking my mind doesn’t come easy to me. I’m an engineer by training and an introvert, so I prefer to analyze and sometimes overanalyze ideas before I share them with the world. Although I still find myself holding back on occasion, I’ve made a concerted effort to speak up in meetings, with colleagues, with friends, […]
Are you interested in saving money on your tv entertainment by cutting the cord? We’d been exploring the idea for months, but never could find the right mix of devices and streaming services to satisfy our entertainment needs. Finally, the beginning of this year, we decided to cancel cable and go with a combination of YouTube TV and Philo. This change has saved us ~$60/month (~$720/year) and provides more features and entertainment options than our local cable provider. Please keep reading to learn how we save money each month on TV entertainment by cutting the cord.
This isn’t something I learned early in life or was even encouraged to do, but to get ahead in life, you first need to understand yourself. In grade school, you’re taught a simple formula to get ahead: have good attendance, behave, make good grades, and be involved in some kind of extracurricular activity and you’ll be prepared for college. College was a little better in the freedom it provided and choices it encouraged you to make, but ultimately it was more of the same. It’s main purpose was to prepare you, through a curriculum, for a career. What most schools don’t teach you is how important it is to know yourself: your interests, goals, hopes, dreams, etc.
I did the most soul searching as it relates to my career and finances in preparation for interviews with prospective companies for employment, and in working various jobs.
Before that, I had a fairly good idea of what I was interested in and what some of my ultimate goals were, but I had never taken the time to truly sit down and dive into what those interests and goals entailed, why I was interested, and how I would achieve them.
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Intentional Fortune is four months old! I wrote 10 blog posts in June. My goal for writing is to write at least 2 blog posts a week (shooting for Wednesday’s and Saturday’s for now) and a minimum of 10 blog posts a month. This will keep me on track to reach my yearly goal of
Intentional Fortune is three months old! I wrote 10 blog posts in May. My goal for writing is to write at least 2 blog posts a week (shooting for Wednesday’s and Saturday’s for now) and a minimum of 10 blog posts a month. This will keep me on track to reach my yearly goal of
My goal for writing is to write at least 2 blog posts a week (shooting for Wednesday’s and Saturday’s for now) and a minimum of 10 blog posts a month. This will keep me on track to reach my yearly goal of 100+ blog posts by the end of 2019. Posts Written in April 2019
