Two of the things I have found most helpful in my professional life are:
1. Setting well-defined, detailed goals based on the things that I want for my life.
2. Literally mapping out my plans for how to get to my goals.
Neither of these should be novel concepts to any of us, but let’s be honest – how many of us actually follow through on things like this? …
Putting Our Cards on the Table
In an effort to keep myself accountable to the idea that doctors do not have to spend a totally ridiculous amount of money to live well and love life, I’ve decided to share our spending for last month …
In a world where online fundraising is an accepted way to raise money for a small child’s dream birthday event, I’m sure plenty of people think that we are pretty stingy parents. After all, you can find examples of over-the-top children’s parties everywhere you look. …
Travel-hacking means strategically collecting frequent flier miles and points in order to travel for free or cheap. …
According to one popular baby website, you can currently expect to spend about $2,000 on everything you “need” for your nursery furnishings. The most reasonable article I could find featuring photographic proof that their nursery wasn’t totally depressing came in around $400 for nursery furnishings (this was on a budget/frugality site). These nursery set-ups did not include what was spent on clothing, blankets, baby-feeding supplies, diapers, wipes, baby monitors, etc. …
First, let me say we are not anti-debt. We have a mortgage and a construction loan and a business loan, which we are paying down with variable degrees of aggressiveness.
Let’s go through this in the ever-popular Q & A format, and base it on questions and comments I actually get from people. …
As many strange ideas do, this blog name came from a random conversation I had with my brother. He was writing/editing several articles for a magazine at the time, and I was working on writing a piece about how to raise rich kids who aren’t entitled jerks. …
Hi! In case we haven’t met, I’m Dr. Peppers. I’m a distance runner, backpacker, skier, world-traveler, wife, and mom. I’m a Millennial and an extrovert, so I like talking (or writing) to people about pretty much anything. You can learn more about me right here. Through some combination of luck and hard work and thinking outside the proverbial box, I’ve managed to build a life that l absolutely love – and thus I consider myself highly successful despite not being particularly famous or important. …
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