Instead of telling you how my family is doing OK during the coronavirus crisis, I wanted to share with you how our family is being negatively impacted by the coronavirus. I’ll then provide another update one year into the pandemic. From going through a logical exercise on how to predict a stock market bottom to […]
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Divorce is one of the worst destroyers of wealth. May you never have to go through one. Love birds beware. The following is a guest post from Financial Samurai reader and medical doctor, Xrayvsn. A divorced ruined his life but he clawed his way back. Divorce. Few words in the English language can elicit as
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Want to gain financial independence sooner rather than later? Well, you can gain financial independence the hard and honorable way by doing everything yourself. Or you can gain financial independence the easy way by depending on your parents for money. When I graduated from college in 1999, a bunch of my fellow first-year classmates at
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My estate planning lawyer said something interesting before I decided to hire her. “People who aren’t rich might need estate planning more than rich people because they might not be able to afford to pay probate fees in the case of an untimely death.“ Leave it to the US court system to make the distribution
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Let’s talk about the biggest downside to daycare and preschool. The downside has become extremely apparent post pandemic. When it comes to analyzing the downside for daycare and preschool, most parents think about cost as the biggest downside. Then there is the societal pressures that come with sending your kids to daycare (not so much
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It’s hard to be a great parent and a great employee or entrepreneur at the same time. As a result, many parents are wondering whether they should pick career or family? Something has to give. This article will help you think through both choices so you can make the best decision possible for your family.
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I’d like to highlight how difficult it is to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and work while pregnant. My hope is the more aware people are about the difficulties of pregnancy, the more compassion there will be for pregnant women and moms in general. I’ve come across too many heartless folks who make pregnant women feel uncomfortable at
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I don’t think there’s enough support for fathers and stay at home dads. Men also don’t share their issues and feelings as readily as women for some reason. As a result, I’d like to change this by sharing more fatherhood stories and raising awareness about what many fathers go through in silence. This post is
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There are many benefits of being short I’d like to discuss in this post. I firmly believe being tall is overrated. Unless you are a basketball player, volleyball player, wide receiver, or tennis player, there’s not much benefit to being tall. I’m 5’10”, the average height in America. If I played in the NBA, I’d
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The first day of preschool was tough. Not so much for our boy, but for my wife and me. My immediate thought was, so this is where creativity comes to die. My wife and I spent three hours a day with him for the first week to help with the transitioning process. During this time,
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