Sleep Smarter: Strategies for Improving Quality Sleep
Strategies for improving quality sleep by creating consistency, avoiding screens before bed, and more ways for improving sleep habits.
Category: General Finance
How Our Daily Choices Impact Our Lives
Small choices become actions, actions become habits, and habits become our way of life.
Why You Need to Learn the Rules of Personal Finance
Learning the rules of personal finance will help lead you to success.
How Much Should You Spend on Monthly Housing Costs?
Discussing the trend of higher housing costs, and the growing number of mortgages accounting for over half of homeowners' monthly budgets.
When Life Throws You Challenges
Discussing challenges faced in life, grieving the loss of our dog, and where money fits in.
Playing with FIRE – Documentary Review
My review of the brand new Playing with FIRE documentary, depicting one family's pursuit of financial independence and intentional living.
16 Lessons Everyone Should Learn About Personal Finance
The most important financial lessons that everyone needs to know, to build up savings, pay off debt, and reach financial freedom.
How Awareness Leads to Making Better Choices
How gaining awareness of where you're currently at is the spark toward making better choices in healthy eating, personal finance, and more.
Why Financial Independence is Our Biggest Long-Term Goal
The inspiration behind our pursuit of financial independence, our biggest financial goal. Time is our most valuable resource, we want to buy our freedom.
How We Manage Our Finances as a Couple
How we manage our finances as a married couple, through communication and aligning our goals.
Finding Your Level of Enough
How much you need saved for retirement is based on your spending. If you can be content with less, you can retire much sooner than the traditional age.
Financial Freedom Book Review: A Blueprint for Winning with Money
Reviewing Grant Sabatier's Financial Freedom book, discussing your money mindset, growing your income, side hustles, investments, and more.
Why You Should Start Small When Forming Habits
To form habits that last, focus on one area at a time, start small, and build consistency. These small goals make a difference and aren't intimidating.
End of Year Review & 2019 Goals
Recapping my achievements in 2018 and laying out my goals for 2019 in personal finance, travel, blogging, and daily habits.
Top 10 Spills Spot Posts of 2018
Looking back at the top 10 posts for Spills Spot of 2018. These posts cover topics such as budgeting, debt, travel, investing, and self-improvement.
The Lost Art of Delayed Gratification
Discussing the importance of delayed gratification along the journey of building wealth. Balancing enjoying the present with preparing for the future.
Reflecting on Life’s Wins and Losses
Check out my Wins and Losses guest post, covering two of the best and two of the worst life experiences I've had.
Surround Yourself With People Who Make You Better
Being around like-minded people will help you reach your goals. Surround yourself with people that will challenge you and help you grow.
How a Positive Mindset Gets You Closer to Your Goals
Discussing the importance of having a positive mindset in pursuit of your goals. Learn about an abundance mindset, internal locus of control, and growth mindset and how they will all have a positive impact on your life.
Where Are You on the Spectrum of Financial Independence?
Discussing the spectrum we go through along our financial journey, from financial dependence to financial independence.
