Road Trips, Parks and Places to See, Making a Living Remotely, Van/RV Life, and How Wealth is Built – and Lost
By Rachel Puryear Happy new year, Free Range readers! Wishing you prosperity, freedom, and time with loved ones for 2022. Winter blues getting you down? If you’re dreaming of warmer climates and sunnier skies, check out this list of places with just the right amount of heat and sunshine in January and February! Plenty of…
By Rachel Puryear As anyone who loves to travel knows, it unfortunately isn’t cheap to do so. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t travel more than you think without necessarily breaking the bank. Here are several ways to save a lot of money while traveling – by staying in decent places for cheap, or even…
Read more Ways to Stay Somewhere Cheap or Free While Traveling
By Rachel Puryear People work hard for their money, and want to see the fruits of their labor work hard for them, too. Realistically speaking, people are unlikely to earn their way to financial independence – unless one is a very high earner, is always extremely frugal, and wants to work quite late into life.…
Read more Which Investment Generates Higher Returns – Real Estate, or the Stock Market?
By Rachel Puryear If you are looking for an easy, mostly flat, paved hiking trail that’s open late and is dog-friendly, and you don’t mind a rather busy place; then check out Campbell Park next time you’re in Campbell, CA (South Bay Area, aka the Silicon Valley). This park has a paved trail that overlooks…
By Rachel Puryear Hello, here’s some excellent news just in time for the holidays! Well, Sallie Mae may not have lost anyone’s accounts yet, but the Biden-Harris Administration will keep the dreaded student loan overlord away for a few more months. After previously extending the pause on repayments, collection, and accrual of interest until February…
Read more Student Loan Borrowers Just Got a Very Welcome Christmas Present
By Rachel Puryear Most people think of camping as a Summer activity – but maybe you’re craving an outdoor adventure, even though Winter has barely begun. You can absolutely enjoy camping and RV’ing in the Winter. This can be a great way to enjoy natural outdoor beauty without big crowds, and enjoy the gorgeous night…
Read more Camping in Mild Winter Weather? Stay Warm and Comfortable With These Tips
By Rachel Puryear In life, most of us want to get better at something – be it relationships, careers, health, lifestyle, and more. For people who are curious and creative, we relish new ideas, and are happy to share them with others. However, we need to also make a point of listening to – and…
Read more Spend Time With People Who Ask You Questions You Don’t Think to Ask Yourself
By Rachel Puryear Six years ago, Dan Price, the CEO of Gravity Payments; made a bold and unusual move in the business world – he cut his own salary, in order to enable the company to pay all of his employees at least $70,000.00 per year! The now-37-year-old leader of this credit card processing company…
Read more What Happened to the CEO Who Took a Pay Cut So All Employees Could Receive $70K+?
By Rachel Puryear We’ve all been warned since childhood about the supposed dangers of having too much time on our hands. “Idle hands are the devil’s playground.” “You have too much time on your hands.” “Hard work builds character.” There are many more sayings and quotes to evidence an ingrained moral and cultural belief that…
Read more Is Laziness Underrated? Why Leisure Time is Better for You Than You Think
By Rachel Puryear The hubby and I road tripped to Gilroy, CA the day before Thanksgiving, to pick up our Thanksgiving meal from Mimi’s Cafe (an old favorite for pre-made turkey day meals). On the way home, we stopped at a couple of nearby County parks, and a garlic-themed store – it is Gilroy, of…
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