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. . . . → Read More: Prosperity Game – Day 4
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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 . . . → Read More: Prosperity Game – Day 3 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, but . . . → Read More: Windfalls, a happy challenge 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 . . . → Read More: Prosperity Game – Day 2 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 . . . → Read More: Travel Passion 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. The amount . . . → Read More: Prosperity Game – Day 1 Every month, I talk about my major purchases or losses for the last month. . . . → Read More: Possessions in & out last month. 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 . . . → Read More: Portland ranks #1 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 . . . → Read More: Great debit fraud resource 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. . . . → Read More: Virtual Coffee Table for June |
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