While Mrs. AR and I don’t typically keep a firm budget, every so often I like to keep tabs on our expenses and see where there is room for improvement. This tool provides an easy way to do that, as well as a useful way to forecast expenses for the year as well. We use… Continue reading Expense Tracker Template 2024 (For Google Sheets & Excel)
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Easy-to-Use Net Worth Spreadsheet 2024 (Template for Google Sheets & Excel)
I believe that one of the most important things that you can do in personal finance is to track your net worth. Now, more than ever, there are so many easy ways to automatically track your assets and your liabilities. I personally use Empower (formerly Personal Capital) to seamlessly track my net worth, asset allocations,… Continue reading Easy-to-Use Net Worth Spreadsheet 2024 (Template for Google Sheets & Excel)
Happiness Tracker Spreadsheet (Updated for 2024)
Get the Happiness Tracker Spreadsheet Updated for 2023 One of my first posts on this site was about How to track your happiness. It includes a simple and actionable plan to track your happiness daily, using Jim Collins’ system, that he devised and spoke about on The Tim Ferriss Show. And if you track your… Continue reading Happiness Tracker Spreadsheet (Updated for 2024)
Buy This, Not That by The Financial Samurai (Review)
Book Review, Summary, Highlights and Quotes from Buy This, Not That: How to Spend Your Way to Wealth and Freedom by The Financial Samurai, AKA Sam Dogen I am a huge fan of Financial Samurai’s content, so when he offered to send me an advance copy of his book, I jumped at the opportunity. And when I… Continue reading Buy This, Not That by The Financial Samurai (Review)
Summer Reading – The Books That Blew My Mind
As we roll headlong into summer, I figured instead of posting up another book review, I will feature the best books that I’ve ever read. For a more thorough recommendation of books on a variety of topics from happiness and enjoying life to business and entrepreneurship, you can check everything I recommend here. The Best… Continue reading Summer Reading – The Books That Blew My Mind
