• Relationships, personal growth and marriage

    One of my recent posts talked about my engagement and future marriage and I’ve been thinking about what that means for the past couple of days. Those thoughts have centered around the impact a good relationship can have on your life. It was only a few years ago that I was in my late 20s, discouraged from the dating rut I was in and expecting to be stuck in that loop of mediocre relationships for a while. There’s something to be said about feeling trapped and the stickiness it brings into the other aspects of your life. Often times when one thing isn’t going well, other things follow suit. In…

  • My 2017 Annual Goals – personal and financial goals

    I’m a bit late to the party here but it’s time to lay out my 2017 personal and financial goals. I didn’t have any goals last year. However, I’ve been listening to a book recently that spoke to the value of writing down goals when it came to actually achieving them. I think it’d be fun to set not only financial goals but also some personal goals. I also thought it’d be enjoyable to tier my goals into three levels. I’m going with bronze, silver and gold to reward myself at the end of the year! I’ll make bronze a reasonable level that I think I can reach with my…