For those not familiar with Dollywood (not to be confused with Bollywood the hub of Indian cinema), it is a fairly large amusement park tucked in the the hills near beautiful Gatlinburg, Tennessee, created by the famous country singer, Dolly Parton. I happened to visit Dollywood a couple of times in 2018 and […]
Welcome to this episode of The Doctor’s Bill (Can You Afford It?). Wonder if you should buy that big ticket item or not? Well here’s your chance to have a wealth management expert, Johanna Fox Turner, of Fox & Company Wealth Management analyze your overall finances and make a final verdict on whether or […]
There is a popular saying in the financial community, “One House, One Spouse, One Job.” It essentially constitutes one of the “golden rules” of finance and is advice often given to those seeking financial independence. Breaking one or more components of this tenet implies that you may find yourself in a financial pit […]
Welcome to another installment of the X-ray Beam series. To mark the exact 1 year anniversary of the blog (which just so happens to coincide with my 48th birthday today), I thought now that my incredibly dilapidated piecemeal X-ray equipment has been sufficiently tested out on multiple prior guinea pigs subjects it MAY […]
Marriage can be challenging financially for many reasons. How do you treat individual incomes? How are shared expenses to be handled? Is your partner on the same financial page as you? If one partner is a spendthrift, it does not matter how frugal the other partner is or how much he or she […]
Welcome to another installment of the X-ray Beam series. I am very proud to have the lawyer/blogger behind OthalaFehu place his body under the x-ray beam to reveal his inner workings. I am not sure how I stumbled upon his blog but I am glad I did (who says doctors and lawyers are […]
In my previous post, The Ultimate (Financial) Mousetrap, I started chronicling my journey through the most expensive magical place on earth, Disney World, which comprised just a short segment in the Xrayvsn Family Spring 2019 plans. The bulk of our vacation was the 4-night Disney Caribbean cruise aboard the Disney Magic which will […]
One of my favorite posts on this website recalls the time when I finally paid off my mortgage and finally became debt-free and owned, “Every Blade of Grass.” What made me especially proud of this moment was that it was just four years removed from me being at my lowest place in life, […]
There is a popular saying in the financial community, “One House, One Spouse, One Job.” It essentially constitutes one of the “golden rules” of finance and is advice often given to those seeking financial independence. Breaking one or more components of this tenet implies that you may find yourself in a financial pit with […]
Last year, 2018, was a strange year for me. It was the first time in a very long time where I did not take any true vacation days. Apart from the day off a week I had scheduled, I ended up working 52 weeks straight. Launching a blog during 2018 also consumed a […]
