“PerkStreet Financial, an innovative online bank that offered rewards “perks” to its users, announced Monday that it was shutting down after failing to secure much-need funding.” Perhaps the most shocking part of PerkStreet closing is the fact that it will not honor perks that customers have already earned, some which have been saved for years … More On Perkstreet Closing
While more giving is a given (we have a long list of causes and people we’d like to give more to), this is mostly a personal spending list. It’s long because every time one of us says, “let’s do this,” or “can we do that,” we end by saying, “I guess we will when we … More Things We’ll Do When We Get Out Of Debt
I don’t know why this Wednesday seems gloomier than other days the past few weeks when I’ve really been very level and happy for weeks. Maybe it’s because it’s seems too long until the weekend, and it’s my first week of getting up at 5:30 to work out and I’m tired. Maybe it’s because it’s … More By Enduring
You taught us to stop chasing dreams and start forging them Digging them from the dirt with our bare hands Carving them from an old piece of wood and squinting while the sweat stings the places where the splinters are. We learned that our greatest getting out of debt tool and wealth building tool was … More Dave Ramsey
We can breathe more easily. When I wake up in the night, I’m not as prone to think of all our failures. Instead I feel whole, accomplished, strong. The feeling that I imagine people have right after tackling a mountain climb, or a kayak adventure, or killing a bear that was about to eat them, … More The View From this part of the Mountain
Marisa Porter 