As you can read in my welcome message to the right, I recently graduated debt-free from college. It’s one of the claims I use as evidence that you should give some weight to my money advice. I’ve received a few requests asking how I did it. Was there a magic bullet? A secret that the [...]
If you could get in a time machine and move to the past or the future, which would you choose? I bet the overwhelming majority would choose the past. It’s familiar and we are nostalgic, sentimental creatures. We keep good memories close to our hearts. After all, when loved ones move on, all we have [...]
In a little less than a week, we’ll be moving to a new town. Part of the move involves finding a new checking account. We’ve been with a local credit union for the last couple years and it’s time to move on. Our credit union had nice high returns on their checking accounts when we [...]
The book The Millionaire Next Door has an awesome approach to personal finance. The authors say that financial security is a mix of good offense and defense (everyone loves sports analogies, right?). In personal finance, a good offense means having a good income. A good defense means frugal and wise spending habits. A winning personal [...]
Ever been shut down? Ever been told you can’t do it? That it’s too hard, too crazy, not normal? There are no shortage of naysayers in the world, the kind of people who tell you your efforts aren’t worth it and will be in vain. The kind of people who are scared, like lobsters in [...]
Big News! In my other life, the one where I’m not a blogger, my wife and I found out we are moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico! I have been assigned a position there with my “day job” as an Implementation Consultant. It’s just a fancy name for someone who makes computer programs work for [...]
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I'm Damien Olenslager. I recently graduated debt-free from college and now work in the tax industry.
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