I’m constantly in search for motivation because I’m lazy. For example, I know I should be lifting weights or doing core conditioning on the days I do not play tennis but I slack off all the time by just taking naps in the afternoon while no one is looking. My top opponents are all extremely […]
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HELLO PARTY PEOPLE!!! LET’S MAKE SOME NOISE IN THIS JOINT!!! For those of you who may not know us, we are Greg and Holly from Club Thrifty. Although our blog has only been up for 9 months, it seems like ages ago that we decided to bring the awesome sauce to personal finance. Little did […]
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One of my favorite things to do is try and understand consumer psychology. Why do people spend more than they earn is so basic, yet so complex in nature. The same goes with why we eat so much bacon when we know it’s so bad for our health. I was going to publish this post […]
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Dear Yakezie Community, What a year! From Google making heavy changes to their algorithms in the Spring to several more Yakezie Members taking a leap of faith to go full-time online, we’ve been through a lot! Despite all the uncontrollable changes we face, we can control our own efforts in the quantity and quality of […]
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Over the past two weeks, I’ve been busy spending time with my parents who are visiting over the holidays. From the three hour round-trip pickup at Oakland Airport during rush hour traffic to the 4:45am drop off in order for my mother to catch a 6am flight to see her friends in between visits, I’ve […]
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If there is one generalization about young adults that has been true more often than not, it is that they (we) lack motivation. Whether that is motivation to pay off our debts, ask a girl for their number, or get a better job. This last situation was the case for me until very recently. It’s […]
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I am fascinated how one small event leads to a series of dominos that change your life. When I was an advisor, one client told me he loved having me there so he “had someone to kick.” You’d think that’s what drove me from the business, but it wasn’t. In fact, that one spurred me […]
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