Sometimes, I get annoyed that I am not further along in my financial intelligence yet...the usually abhorred "Never waste a good crisis" aptly applies to investors, as well.  I know that there is a lot of opportunity out there for an investor, but lack of capital aside, I don't even know what move I would make.  I want to snatch up a couple of ( Read more... )

I'll tell you, I'm a readin' fool lately!  I've been reading everything from Norman Schwarzkopf's autobiography ("It Doesn't Take A Hero") to Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" books.  It's like an age of Enlightenment for me, learning what the wealthy know, and how it goes against everything I've been taught.  It really is difficult though, ( Read more... )

For a long time I've been tossing around what the next big career change for me--the next opportunity to watch for, the next most logical path, the next set of skills I should begin to cultivate.  I've really embraced the desire to have a better relationship with my money, and I've been reading a lot of books on the subject of investments, and ( Read more... )

Have you guys taken a step back lately to realize just how wacked out it is that you can spend your OWN money without ever having TOUCHED it?  I just got online (like I am right now) and bought two books.  But not ONLY did I buy these two books.  I searched for them in the search engine provided by Amazon.com (because I already know that that is ( Read more... )

03.22.09: Day 32

Last night I went to a party for a lady here in the apartment complex, and mingled with the people I know here…I ate a cupcake, two chili dogs, and drank too much wine for my own good.  I figured, eh, I’m working out quite a lot lately, who cares, right?  I can handle it…well, I get up today and start to knock out the Legs and ( Read more... )

03.18.09-03.21.09:  Days 28-31

The routine has changed up a little bit; now I’m doing Chest, Triceps, and Shoulders on Mondays, still with Plyo on Tuesdays, and Back and Biceps on Wednesdays.  (My “Mondays” start on a different day, keep in mind, because of work.)  The isolation exercises are old-school lifting routines, and I’ve found recently ( Read more... )

Yeah...sorry I feel behind on the updates...during my workweek, I run SO short on time that I barely can remember to brush my teeth, let alone carve out time for updates.  Today, however, I'm blessed that Alli has made me dinner...saved me a bunch of time.  And here we are ( Read more... )

Today was Arms and Back day.  Alli and I went to Play It Again Sports and got a few different weights, and this round of the workouts went pretty smoothly, actually.  I got some twenty-fives, which are pretty much exactly the ones I needed last week, but I could only find 30s.  Anyway,  got a great burn on this workout, and my biceps should be sore ( Read more... )

Ahhh, Plyometrics day.  I have to say, I HATE this workout.  But this is the third time I've done this workout, and honestly, I was on top of it.  It's by NO means easy this time, but I was able to hang with the crowd on TV, and didn't have to pause to take extra breaks more than once or twice.  My heart rate was still through the roof, but I ( Read more... )

A Chest and Back day yesterday.  Alli and I did the workout together, which was nice, though it took a little longer.  I'm up to about 15 pullups now, but I'm still keeping around 164.5 or so.  My lats are starting to come out and give me more of a "V" shape, which is cool.  My guns are getting bigger, and my arms as a whole are looking pretty ( Read more... )