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Stop using your debit card IMMEDIATELY!

If you're using your debit card for anything other than the ATM machine, you're doing it wrong! Do not use your debit card anymore. Only use your rewards credit cards and pay them off as you go and you'll have hundreds if not thousands of dollars in rewards in no time!  Let's back up. Back in 2017, I had a lot of credit card debt. I decided to start getting my shit together once I got a new job and started to pay off my credit card debt. I was thousands of dollars in debt from abusing my credit cards when I was younger. This took a lot of self discipline, but once I tackled my debt, I started a savings account. I literally started at $0. Today, I have over $9,000 in savings. I changed my spending habits and focused on putting all extra money in my savings account. I was having so much fun watching my account grow but I wanted to make even more money. I had heard about rewards credit cards and wondered...what if I used these cards for everything and saved up money that
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Home Alone House

I'm going to stay the night in Chicago with Greg and I'm very excited. We're going to go check out the Home Alone house, from the movie of course. It is about 20-30 minutes north of downtown Chicago. I never had realized this until recently and I decided I really wanted to check it out before I move. That's right. I'm moving again. Back to Phoenix. I thought when I moved back to Indiana, things would change and get better. I'd find a job, I'd smile more. But then I realized, the only thing that made me smile was the thought of Charlie. And Charlie is who I want to be with forever. I guess it took me moving back home to realize what I was missing. So back to Phoenix I go to restart my life. I just need to sell my car first...if only people had money.
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If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all

That's the moral of today. I just don't understand why some people don't follow this rule. Why say mean stuff that is hurtful to people? Just keep your lousy comments to yourselves. If you aren't happy with your lives, that's not my problem, so don't take it out on me.
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It's Chicago Time

I'm going to Chicago today! I haven't been there in what feels like a year - and actually, it probably has been about that long since I've been there. Sure, I've been to the suburbs in that time, to IKEA and what not, but nothing beats downtown Chicago. I just love it. I just moved back from Phoenix and their downtown has NOTHING on Chicago. I love that city and someday I'm going to live there with a big effing smile on my face!
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No motivation

Today was one of those days where you wake up and as soon as you open your eyes, you aren't "feeling it". I just can't find the motivation to do anything. I just feel beyond lazy. Thank god Jessica came over this evening and entertained me for a few hours, or I probably would have just laid in bed all day! It's just been such a long week and I haven't even found a job yet. I feel like I don't even have the time to go looking for one. It's been nonstop from morning to night every day. I've been cleaning, helping my grandma, helping my mom, collaborating with Rachel before she moves to Arizona. I'm also so very sad she's leaving. I always enjoy hanging out with her and we always seem to be so spontaneous together. I also enjoy working on videos with her...we seem to work very, very well together. Our minds compliment each other. So I'm really going to miss all that. I'm just having a weird, emotional day. If I were a girl, I'd so
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"The more I see of man, the more I like dogs." ~Mme. de Staël

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So, today, I went to my mom's house to refresh her landscaping. I don't believe it had been weeded or trimmed in about 2 years, but what can you do. She can't get up and down like she use to, so I went out with my grandma and we tackled the weeds in about two hours or so. While I was there, I went to visit our old golden retriever/hound dog, Copper, who my brothers and I grew up with. When he was a young puppy, he was hit by a car and his front right leg was amputated. So, he has grown up with three legs. I walked over to him and he nestled his way onto my lap and I looked into his eyes and I just started crying. He looks so weathered and old and I'm not even sure why I started crying. I guess because I wasn't around him more in my adulthood and he very much so seemed to remember me and was excited to see me. He could run very fast as a young dog with his three legs, faster than you'd expect him to. And now he barely makes it from here to there. He has arthr
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Question of the Week: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Answer: A movie director or the owner of a theme park. Walt Disney is my idol. I use to try to build amusement park rides in my back yard and I'd make my little brothers ride them. I'd also make them be in funny videos I'd make with my VHS camcorder. I still want to be either one of these things, that has never changed. I thought this would be a fun way to get to know me, if you don't already. I will try to answer one question a week on this blog. I'll answer random questions that I find or if you want, send me a question of your own and I'll try to answer it. Eric
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