Summertime, Fun Time The Root of Good family has already started planning big summertime activities. We just signed the older kids up for summer camp for one week in June and two weeks in August.
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Category: Awesome!
Bill Gates Debunks 3 Myths That Block Progress For Poor Countries
By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress
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Enjoying Four Months of Early Retirement
Wow. Four months into early retirement! December was another very busy month in the Root of Good household. It’s usually a month filled with family, friends, and festivities. This December proved no different. Our house
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Life Beyond the Ordinary
Think about your life and what you want to accomplish. Have you acquiesced to a life of mediocrity? Or are you busily crafting the perfect life for yourself? It is a choice, after all. Make
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I Have a Luck Making Machine
I don’t have a money tree. However, I do possess a Luck Making Machine. You might be reluctant to believe me. But trust me, it is true. I have a Luck Making Machine. With this
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Early Retirement Interview with AOL Daily Finance
A few weeks ago I received an email from Erin, a journalist who writes for AOL’s Daily Finance. Erin, who also blogs at Broke Millennial, was working on a story about the plight of Millennials who
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Carnival of Money Turkey Day Edition
This week I am hosting the Turkey Day Edition of the Carnival of Money. The posts selected for inclusion in this week’s carnival are varied, however they all have “money” as the central theme. Making
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I Can Do It When I Try
“I Can Do It When I Try”. That sounds like a self help book’s trite advice on success. It is actually one of the choices I offered to my daughter a couple years ago when
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Developing A Retirement Budget
The path to retiring early is straightforward. Accumulate enough assets to fund all your expenses for the rest of your life. Figuring out what is “enough” and then saving that amount can be challenging. Today
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$150,000 Income, $150 Income Tax
Taxes. It is our duty as patriotic Americans to keep our individual taxes as low as possible. I want to show you just how patriotic I am. Over the years our income has grown steadily.
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