3 Years of Sign-up Bonuses: $11,000+, 1,000,000 points, and 4 Free Nights

This is an update to a post I wrote last year on what I've been able to achieve with credit card, bank account, and brokerage account sign-up bonuses. I've continued to accumulate bonuses over the past year and finally reached a huge milestone: 1 million total miles/points from credit card bonuses! If you’ve been reading … Continue reading 3 Years of Sign-up Bonuses: $11,000+, 1,000,000 points, and 4 Free Nights

Financial Independence: The Power of Having Options!

A Look Back at My Financial Journey It's hard to believe that I have been doing monthly financial updates for over two years now. Things have changed so much in that time. Two years ago when I started tracking my progress to financial independence, I thought I had things pretty much figured out. Now, looking … Continue reading Financial Independence: The Power of Having Options!

Progress to Financial Independence- May 2018

Spring is here in Eastern NC and the weather has been wonderful lately. Whitney and I haven't published many posts this past month, and much of that is due to us having busy weekends (combined with being lazy :D). In the evenings during the week we have been making sure to get all of our … Continue reading Progress to Financial Independence- May 2018

Is it Better to Pay Off Student Loans or Invest?

*The information contained in this post is not meant to be specific for you or your situation and is not meant to be financial advice, as I am not licensed as a financial planner. Before making any decisions, I strongly recommend speaking to someone licensed in this area to consider your unique situation. My recommendation … Continue reading Is it Better to Pay Off Student Loans or Invest?

Where Has All The Deep Thought Gone?

Today I want to discuss some things that I normally don't write about on this blog. There are now over 100 posts published here (wow, the time has flown by) with almost all of those being about travel therapy, early retirement/financial independence, or personal finance/investing. I did write one post about nutrition and one post about … Continue reading Where Has All The Deep Thought Gone?

The Three Best Cards to Get Started with Credit Card Rewards

The World of Credit Card Rewards I've had many people reach out to me who are interested in getting started with credit card rewards after reading some of my posts regarding the benefits I've gotten from them (here's the most popular of those posts). Some of these benefits include thousands of dollars in cash, countless … Continue reading The Three Best Cards to Get Started with Credit Card Rewards

Earn Dollars While Losing Pounds with HealthyWage- Update with pictures!

Progress So Far It's been almost 8 months now since I made my bet with HealthyWage and wrote my original post on the challenge. If you haven't read that post, you may want to read that one before finishing this one to have some more info on the company and my starting point. I planned … Continue reading Earn Dollars While Losing Pounds with HealthyWage- Update with pictures!

How I Saved Over $100,000 in 1.5 years as a New Grad Physical Therapist

*The photo above was taken in Montego Bay, Jamaica during an amazing all-inclusive vacation we took during this 1.5 year time period, paid for with credit card rewards. A Common Trend Being involved with many different Facebook groups full of therapists of all disciplines, one thing that I see that these groups all have in … Continue reading How I Saved Over $100,000 in 1.5 years as a New Grad Physical Therapist

Progress to Financial Independence- March 2018

End of Q1 We're already at the end of the Q1 for 2018 and time seems to really be flying by lately. I think part of the reason for that is the fact that we have been working quite a bit on planning our upcoming international trip and also working on the blog in the … Continue reading Progress to Financial Independence- March 2018

Is it Possible to Save a Lot and Still Have Fun With Travel Healthcare?

I recently had someone comment on my blog post about working only half the year as a travel therapist while earning a full time salary. He asked how it could be possible that I could have paid off all my student loans (which is actually not the case..) and be close to only having to work only … Continue reading Is it Possible to Save a Lot and Still Have Fun With Travel Healthcare?