November 2012 - Page 4 of 4 - The Outlier Model

Recipe Idea: Fresh Tomato Salsa (Pico de Gallo)

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CF / November 7th, 2012 / 19 Comments

Having the most frugal grocery budget in the world isn’t going to help you and if you can’t put together at least a few healthy, tasty, and cheap eats. With the abundance of tomatoes that we’ve harvested from our garden, I have been incorporating fresh tomatoes into more of our meals. One of my favorite new tomato dishes to make is fresh salsa. Salsa goes great with chips, scrambled eggs,...

Paying off $27,000 in student loans

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CF / November 5th, 2012 / 54 Comments

It’s actually better than it seems, from the title. I started with $35,000 in student loans when I first graduated in 2007. And I actually took out over $40,000 in loans. I was fortunate that several thousand was forgiven as part of several grants that I received! I made payments for a few years, and then did my second degree, during which time my student loan payments were halted. I...

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Updates: October 28 – November 3

Brian / November 3rd, 2012 / 12 Comments

This week, I’ve been struck by the realization of how incremental effort and change can add up to a big result. For the past two years, I’ve had ongoing issues with my right knee and have never put in the effort to address the issue. I went to physio for a bit, but never kept up my exercises. I’ve done yoga, but never more than once a week at the most. Considering my Mom is a physiotherapist,...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: big result, cost of halloween, Emergency fund, exercise routine, mortgage free, personal improvement, philosophy, saving money, small changes, starting an emergency fund