Fearless Money

Continuing the Prosperity Game, I’m definitely feeling "stretched" in just the way I was wanting.Last year, when asked to dream big, to think of what we would want to do or be if we knew we could not fail, both Dustin and I felt weak. It was as if our imagination muscles were flabby in that area. We were so used to being realistic that we almost forgot how to dream.

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On day three of the prosperity game, I put $3000 into my "dream bank account."
It is a more interesting game than I even realized at first. As I was driving to work this morning, I was thinking about how I "should" be spending the dream money. I think that’s the trap, or anyway […]

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While playing the Prosperity Game, I got to thinking about my personal rule-of-thumb for handling real-life windfalls.
This has definitely changed over time. When I was younger, I would simply split the money in halves. 50% to pay down debt (which always needed paying down), and 50% for "something nice." That was nice, […]

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I’m continuing the prosperity game which I started yesterday. This is a game where I make imaginary deposits into my dream bank every day, and then spend the money on things that would make me happy as a way to expand my capacity to dream.
Day 2 deposit - $2000
Balance forward in the First Dream […]

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One of my most often thought about and discussed joys in life is travel. I am blessed with a compatible traveling companion/wife, who shares my enthusiasm and my style of travel.
Above is a map of the world showing where we’ve been so far. There is still so much of the world to visit! […]

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I’ve been reading “Ask and It Is Given lately, and I’m really intrigued by one of the "processes" given in the book. The idea is to make a play money account, and make regular deposits into it. The goal is to spend all the money on things that make your heart glad. […]

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Every month, I talk about my major purchases or losses for the last month.

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According to the Sustainlane 2006 City Rankings, Portland Oregon is the number one best city when ranked by economic and quality-of-life measures.
The study measured the top 50 cities in the country. For reference, other cities I or my wife have lived in are:

#37 Omaha, NE
#10 Minneapolis, MN
#14 Austin, TX
#7 New York City, NY

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Last year I wrote extensively about my experiences dealing with debit fraud. Via Monkeyfilter, I just found a great resource with tips and help for other victims.
Phantom Withdrawals is a resource site with the mission statement:
Your bank statement arrives in the post, and you find a thousand pounds missing. Someone has been making ATM […]

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This is the fourth edition of my "Virtual Coffee Table", a tradition I began observing in February. Every month I take a shot of the books I am actively reading or have started and finished reading in the last month.

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