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Will You Ever Reduce Your Retirement Contribution Rate?

November 4th, 2013 | 23 Comments

Will You Ever Reduce Your Retirement Contribution Rate?

When I think about the retirement savings trajectory of a typical American, I imagine that his rate of saving for retirement increases basically monotonically throughout his life.  In his 20s and 30s he doesn’t save anything; in his 40s he wises up and starts putting money away; in his 50s he panics and saves as much as he can given the lifestyle he’s become accustomed to; by the time he’s about to retire he’s putting … Read entire article »

Filed under: choices, retirement, savings

Eliminate Eating Out for Convenience with Batch Cooking

October 23rd, 2013 | 46 Comments

Eliminate Eating Out for Convenience with Batch Cooking

One of the main strategies I identify as a key to living well on less is eliminating eating out for convenience and limiting our food spending to groceries and restaurant spending for dates and group social events (and the occasional reward).  Kyle and I both used to occasionally buy fast food at work, while driving from work to an evening activity, or when we were too hungry to take the time to cook.  We also … Read entire article »

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Blog Statistics Update September – October 2013

October 18th, 2013 | 24 Comments

Blog Statistics Update September – October 2013

This was kind of a weird month.  Traffic was way down, but comments were quite a bit higher than usual.  I find the comments more personally fulfilling, but for general blog growth (and getting more commenters) I want traffic to increase.  Alexa also dropped a lot (that’s the desired direction) but MozRank decreased a little (not the desired direction).     Analytics Data from September 16 to October 15, 2013   People who listen to us, as of October 15, … Read entire article »

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Weekly Update 5

March 4th, 2012 | 7 Comments

Kyle and I each had something great happen at work this week – he got a paper accepted and I took a major leap forward in my project! We’ve come to the end of our two-week carpooling trial and overall driving together has definitely enhanced our marriage.  I’ll write a post soon on our final decision and expected financial implications. The BIG EVENT this week is of course our university’s men’s basketball team’s end-of-season rivalry game.  I attended the game and Kyle watched it on TV with some friends.  We suffered a crushing defeat – it sucks to lose, especially at home!  I was present for all of our home losses this season.  This one actually hurt the least because it was against the best team, and it wasn’t a deciding end-of-game … Read entire article »

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Weekly Update 4

February 26th, 2012 | 5 Comments

We had a rather busy week in terms of after-work activities.  In addition to our usual ones, we attended a lecture on science and faith by a mathematics professor from Oxford and watched a basketball game with friends.  On Friday night we went to a wine and cheese party with some friends – delicious!  Kyle also has been working super hard on a software release for his research so he’s been putting in lots of hours on that.  Using only one car has been going pretty well!  I had to catch a ride from a friend once this week and we had a morning or two of getting-out-of-the-house tension but we’re managing.   Posts I Liked SB at One Cent at a Time shared how devoting increased time to his blog caused his … Read entire article »

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