Purpose

My goal is to share some of the decisions I have made, and continue to make, that I feel have helped me gain, and continue to gain, a growing degree of financial independence.

Of course not every decision may apply to every person at every step of his or her life. But, overall, my goal is to, within a given context, help average people make decisions that will help them rely more on themselves and less on others. Each of us has different goals, responsibilities, and aspirations.

I encourage you to comment on some of the steps you have taken that you believe have led to successful outcomes. I welcome most posts, but discourage disscussions that involve such things as gambling, speculative investments, and buying lottery tickets - since ordinary people, like us, don't generally tend to gain financial success by being lucky.

I also encourage you to challenge some of the advice I have. Remember, I'm ordinary, and some of my success may have come from good timing, or a good economy, or an upturn in the market. I'm not an economist - I've just made lots of decisions that seemed like common sense, and good judgment, that have taken me relatively far from where I started off.