
Do you know all of your puzzle pieces?
I recently had a situation where a fella asked me to provide my third-party advice on his already drafted up retirement plan from his...

Why Clean the Clutter?
I am going to chat about cleaning your financial clutter, but first, look at the desk in the picture. Isnt' this the desk you always see...

New Year Debt Strategy: Step#1
If you have debt, other than a mortgage or student loans, then you have accumulate this debt by spending more than you make. It's that...

Prioritize your Goals and Stay on Track
Remember when I wrote about how conflicted I was whether or not to get the Mini back on the road or sell it? Well, we sold it. Those who...

Warning! The ending of this story has yet to be written
Does anyone else have something in flux because of the ongoing pandemic and the uncertainty of what our lives will look like on the other...

How Did You Celebrate Dad?
I was listening to the radio the other day and they were discussing that the average father's day gift this year was $190. This fact blew...

Here's what A la Carte has been up to
Oh boy, am I ever behind on updates! I'll consider that a good thing since I've been busy planning, planning, planning! But I want to get...

Part 4: Adulting 2.0
Part:3 talks about some pretty dark and ugly times financially for me, but Part:4 is about the light at the end of the tunnel. After that...

Part#3: The Big and Costly Learning Experiences
In Part:2, I left off feeling hopeless and overwhelmed and making a muck of my finances. So you know what will cure that? A wedding and...

Part 2: Adulting 1.2
As you recall from Part:1, I was just leaving university with about $45,000 of debt baggage, a car full of my stuff, and of course my...