by Jillian Johnsrud | Oct 3, 2017 | Mini-Retirements
You know what posts/articles/books I almost never read? The crazy success stories. Not in personal finance, not in business, not in personal accomplishment. It makes for great headlines and grabs a lot of eyeballs. But I don’t think they are useful and are often...
by Jillian Johnsrud | Sep 26, 2017 | Mini-Retirements
Fall, school and cooler weather are in full swing here! Every quarter I take a full week to read, think, plan and do my quarterly review. Of all my habits, I would have to say this one moves the needle for me the most! Plus my friends from Freedom is Groovy are in...
by Jillian Johnsrud | Sep 12, 2017 | Financial Independence, Mini-Retirements
Have you ever seen a news article shared or story featured where a family was able to keep their expenses low, like really low… surprisingly low? And then you read the comments. It’s funny for me to read people’s reactions. They generally look...
by Jillian Johnsrud | Aug 25, 2017 | Intentional Living, Mini-Retirements
5 years ago the center stone of my wedding ring fell out. We added that expense to our list of “things to buy when we can afford it.” I suppose we could afford to replace the stone today, as we have $50,000 in our checking accounts. But I never have....
by Jillian Johnsrud | Aug 22, 2017 | Intentional Living, Mini-Retirements
This week we are in Nebraska, to say goodbye to Mr. Montana’s mom. We had planned a trip later in the fall, but it looked like we didn’t have that much time. So we packed up in a day and drove 4 days straight to get here. We had a chance to say our...
by Jillian Johnsrud | Aug 12, 2017 | Mini-Retirements
I first read this book about 12 years ago and it has been the foundation of information that shaped our financial life. The Be-Have-Do mentoring exercise first started as an idea I read here. We did the value circle, year after year. We bought a file folder and...
