One Caveman’s Financial Journey

With the big changes coming to the Caveman household, it was time to sit down and really analyze my life.
When we learned of the presence of our first child, just over 2 years ago, we set about figuring out how we wanted to approach parenthood. We decided that my wife would quit her job [...]

As I mentioned yesterday, we just found out that my wife is pregnant. That means that all the plans I had for this year are toast as we now have bigger priorities.
But it’s ok. I built my plans to be flexible. I didn’t write my budgets or savings plans in stone, we’re [...]

Saturday morning, awoken this morning by a screech. I had intended to sleep in a bit since I had a long week, but this wasn’t my alarm going off and it wasn’t a car outside. No, this screech came from the master bathroom.
Waking up to that kind of noise is distressing, at the very least. [...]

If you’re wondering where I’ve been this week, you’re not alone - I’ve been wondering, too. For some reason I’ve contracted one huge case of writer’s block and I can’t seem to break it. I went grocery shopping with my wife on Wednesday, hoping that I would find something to write about, but [...]

I recently returned from a business trip that earned me two full days of overtime pay plus a per diem allowance of $54 per day (unfortunately, I only get 3/4 of that amount on travel days). Through smart spending and my already-reduced intake due to my diet, I was able to pocket half of [...]