By Derek, on May 3rd, 2015%  I want to help people kick their debt in the teeth, which is why I am so adamant about growing this site. The better the articles I write, the more people visit and share it’s content, which then likely results in a greater number of people waging war against their depressed financial position. My efforts on this site could absolutely affect hundreds, if not thousands, of people for the better. This is why these yearly goals were born. Goals Update #18 – How Am I Doing? Alright, so how am I doing compared to my goals that I set for the year?? My goals are to, by the end of the year: Increase my visitors from 7,915 a month to 15,000 Increase my Facebook followers from 534 to 1,000 Increase my Twitter followers from 1,776 to 3,000 Increase my subscribers from 1,088 to 2,000 Visitor Numbers Visitor numbers just continue . . . → Read More: Goals Update and the Top PF Articles of the Week By Derek, on February 15th, 2015%  Want to read the top articles of the week that weren’t written by me? I know, it’s hard to believe that anyone other than me could write something worthy of reading (note the sarcasm), but nevertheless, below are the best articles I came across this past week. AND, I of course talk about the progress of my goals from this past week. Enjoy! Top 3 Articles of the Week This was a pretty decent week for new impressive articles. There were three of them that I absolutely loved and had to pass onto you! Check them out below: Investing Your Student Loan Money – Is It Legal and Should You Do It? – by the College Investor – I never considered this when I was in college, but I didn’t consider myself a financial wizard at that point either. Instead of actually investing a portion of the loans in the . . . → Read More: Top Articles of the Week and Goals Update #7 By Derek, on February 1st, 2015%  I scour the internet for amazing articles each week to increase my personal finance education and also to increase my inspiration for writing new, thought-provoking articles for you, the reader! Some blog posts are just too perfect to one-up, so I figured I should just share them with you! Take a look at the top three articles I read last week. Top 3 Articles of the Week Hope you enjoy them! Oh, and be sure to keep reading below to see the progress that I’m making on my goals so far this year. Month one is officially over, so how am I doing on my goals so far? Managing a Complicated Net Worth: How Messy Is Your Money? – by Financial Samurai – I never really thought about it, but my net worth is pretty simple thus far. I own my house outright, which is the majority of my net . . . → Read More: Weekly Round-Up and Goals Update #5 By Derek, on January 25th, 2015%  I scour the internet for amazing articles each week to increase my personal finance education and also to increase my inspiration for writing new, thought-provoking articles for you, the reader! Some blog posts are just too perfect to one-up, so I figured I should just share them with you! Take a look at the top five articles I read last week. Top 5 Articles of the Week Hope you enjoy them! Oh, and be sure to keep reading below to see the progress that I’m making on my goals so far this year. Month one is almost over already, AHHH!! Top 3 Money To-Do’s in Your 20’s – by Retire by 40 – Joe has to be one of my favorite bloggers out there. His writing is clear, thorough, and always makes a lot of sense. His advice for 20-somethings is spot-on. Top Money Mistakes to Avoid If You Want . . . → Read More: Weekly Round-Up and Goals Update #4 By Derek, on January 11th, 2015%  You have had a busy week and probably a busy weekend as well. It’s Sunday – kick your feet up and enjoy some high-quality reads as well as my recent goals update! Weekly Round-Up I read dozens (if not hundreds) of articles every week. Here are a few of the best ones I have read from this past week: How to Save Like the Rich and Upper Middle Class (Hint: It’s Not With Your House) – by The Wall Street Journal – Almost everyone in my life has been a fan of house hopping. In other words, they buy a house, live in it for a couple years, put out the “For Sale” sign, earn a few bucks, and buy a bigger house with their bigger down payment. This is the epitome of middle class mentality… and it will never make you rich. I’m glad I broke free of this . . . → Read More: Weekly Round-Up and Goals Update #2 By Derek, on August 5th, 2012% [wp_campaign_1] Do you have goals and dreams for your future? Do you have them written down? Every week, I remind myself of my goals for the month to make sure that I’m on track for hitting them. Sometimes I’m way behind the eight ball, and other times I really feel like I have a good handle on them. Either way though, my site improves and my readers have a better experience from the improvements. Goals for July, 2012 Well, July is officially over. Let’s take a look at how we did. 1) Pay Extra Payment of $1,200 on the Home Loan With this extra payment, we’ll officially owe less than $60,000 on our mortgage! That’s kind of exciting, don’t you think? Then the next goal will be the $50,000 mark, and then $40,000….and so on until we’re at zero! Well it wasn’t easy, but we did make that $1,200 . . . → Read More: Goals Update #30 By Derek, on July 29th, 2012% [wp_campaign_1] Do you have goals and dreams for your future? Do you have them written down? Every week, I remind myself of my goals for the month to make sure that I’m on track for hitting them. Sometimes I’m way behind the eight ball, and other times I really feel like I have a good handle on them. Either way though, my site improves and my readers have a better experience from the improvements. Goals for July, 2012 Well, it’s already July 22! Time to take a look at those goals again. 1) Pay Extra Payment of $1,200 on the Home Loan With this extra payment, we’ll officially owe less than $60,000 on our mortgage! That’s kind of exciting, don’t you think? Then the next goal will be the $50,000 mark, and then $40,000….and so on until we’re at zero! While the $1,200 is still stashed away, this . . . → Read More: Goals Update #29 By Derek, on July 15th, 2012% [wp_campaign_1] Do you have goals and dreams for your future? Do you have them written down? Every week, I remind myself of my goals for the month to make sure that I’m on track for hitting them. Sometimes I’m way behind the eight ball, and other times I really feel like I have a good handle on them. Either way though, my site improves and my readers have a better experience from the improvements. Goals for July, 2012 Last week I realized that I have a ton of goals, but there was really no central focus to them. Having goals is a great thing, but if you really have no reason to achieve them, you most likely won’t. I think that’s been a major reason why so many of my goals are still hanging out there and are unfinished. So what’s the point of all this? While my wife and . . . → Read More: Goals Update and Weekly Round-Up #27 By Derek, on June 24th, 2012% [wp_campaign_1] Do you have goals and dreams for your future? Do you have them written down? Every week, I remind myself of my goals for the month to make sure that I’m on track for hitting them. Sometimes I’m way behind the eight ball, and other times I really feel like I have a good handle on them. Either way though, my site improves and my readers have a better experience from the improvements. Goals for June, 2012 Here’s the goals for June. I would really love to accomplish every one of these! 1) Project “Our House” – If we really buckled down and focused on this house, I bet we could get almost all of the interior projects finished by the end of this month. This will entail sanding and painting about 8 doors, painting 4-5 door trims, and finding some registers covers (15 or so) that fit the . . . → Read More: Goals Update #24 By Derek, on June 17th, 2012% [wp_campaign_1] Do you have goals and dreams for your future? Do you have them written down? Every week, I remind myself of my goals for the month to make sure that I’m on track for hitting them. Sometimes I’m way behind the eight ball, and other times I really feel like I have a good handle on them. Either way though, my site improves and my readers have a better experience from the improvements. Goals for June, 2012 Here’s the goals for June. I would really love to accomplish every one of these! 1) Project “Our House” – If we really buckled down and focused on this house, I bet we could get almost all of the interior projects finished by the end of this month. 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