Category: Money

  • I don’t want to talk about money, but it’s taking up so much room in my thoughts right now. Maybe for a goal, I should set out to be financially secure enough that money is no longer a distraction. That’s probably the goal anyway no matter if I declare it out loud or not. I’m…

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  • My attorney and I have been pushing forward as much as we can with settling a drawn out divorce. I’m having a pretty serious financial hardship following retirement. Here’s the situation with my divorce. We negotiated over the summer of 2018 and got a document ready to sign on our 27 Sep 2018. When I…

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  • Working on Christmas

    I gotta be honest: scratching things of a To Do List feels great. It feels better going to sleep at night. Today is Christmas, but in a way, it’s not. I didn’t travel to see family this year even though I have no obligations that would’ve prevented me. The largest factor is I can’t cover…

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  • Patent Money

    I’ve started to refer to all side income as “patent money”. There’s not very much of it, but I’m optimistic. Sumter, SC is home to many, many small businesses, and it’s a small enough town form to not do much damage. It may seem that I’m fixated on income sources. I assure you that I…

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