In past years, July 4th usually meant people getting together to celebrate America and our independence from England. As with the year so far, 2020 is unquestionably different. In America, we head into this weekend coming off months of quarantine and weeks of riots, looting, and shootings. Life Is Being Canceled All across this great...
I’m a spreadsheet guy. For almost three years I tinkered with my Excel file that I called “Freedom.xls” to see if I could ever become self-employed. I created the spreadsheet to face my fears and to come up with a plan before I faced them. That way, I could prepare in advance. But as Mike...
As America ramps up to celebrate our Independence Day, I hope your day is full of family, friends, and food. The freedom we have did not come freely. It was paid for by millions of brave men and women that have served this country over the past 244 years. My prayer for you is that...
When my wife and I married I was working at a bank. It wasn’t related to my degree nor was it well-paying. It was a job that allowed me to work part-time while I went to seminary and then after finishing my first semester in seminary, it allowed me to go full-time when I realized...
I am unemployable. I love working for myself. I have tasted what it is like to work for myself and I am hard-pressed to think of what it would take for me to become an employee again. Again, I love being self-employed. That being said, there are at least 3 things about self-employment that I...