Planting Dollars

Create an Awesome Blog

by Ryan

You can create a blog that looks similar to Planting Dollars easily with the help of Thesis theme. Thesis is an integrated theme that allows you the freedom to change how your site looks without having to do any coding. How sweet is that? I swear by thesis and as you can see from this [...]

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4 Reasons Why Drinking Bottled Water Makes You Look Stupid

by Ryan

Plastic Water Bottles are one of the stupidest purchases you can make… Period. There, I said it, go ahead and hate me while you’re blowing your money, encouraging oil consumption, and harming the environment, but I’m entrenched in my position on this one! I don’t usually stand on a soapbox, I’m not a tree hugger [...]

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Is $2 Million Enough to Retire?

by Ryan

$1 million just isn’t what it used to be. With rising inflation and devaluation of the dollar, what’s a retiree to do? Why not simply make 2! I’ve heard, through brief conversations with several soon to be retirees, that their goal is $2 million since $1 million just simply isn’t enough. The conversation goes something [...]

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Happy Holidays

by Ryan

For all of you who are celebrating Christmas today have a very Merry day. As my way of celebrating the birth of Christ I am going to go for a bike ride and snorkel! Will be back on tomorrow! Ryan P.S. Jacob over at Early Retirement Extreme was kind enough to let me guest post [...]

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How Much is Santa’s Net Worth?

by Ryan

Meet Santa - the largest toy distributor in the world, international man of mystery, and one of the most recognized celebrities of all time. This guy’s a legend. I haven’t seen him on an episode of cribs or on the Fortune’s list of billionaires, but the guy’s gotta be worth a ton, right? Buried below [...]

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Investing in What Matters Most… Your Belly

by Ryan

Have you ever eaten a whole box of Christmas cookies in an evening? That’s what I managed to polish off last night which kicked off two days of Ryan’s food meltdown. Kind of like Pringles - once I pop, I can’t stop! It all started with the care package from home which included: Christmas Cookies [...]

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Protected: What Body Boarding in Hawaii Taught me About Life

by Ryan

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One Man’s Journey Through Wal-Mart Hell on Black Friday

by Ryan

In light of the holiday season I thought I’d have a little fun and pick on Wal-mart and black Friday. Here’s a parody of a poor guy who gets stuck waiting for Wal-Mart to open, nearly gets run over by a car, soils himself, and makes his getaway successfully with some Zhu Zhu’s. All to [...]

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Start An Online Business

by Ryan

Since I began teaching myself web development several years ago I have gained a familiarity with setting up and running websites and blogs. It’s not surprising then, that people often ask me… “”Ryan, how can I create a website and more importantly, how can I make money from a website?” How can I leave the [...]

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Living in Honolulu for Less than $1000 a Month

by Ryan

About two months before starting this blog I booked a one way ticket to Honolulu from Wisconsin. It had been over a year after I graduated college, I hadn’t made much of myself back home, and all I knew is I wanted to see the world, follow my passion for scuba diving, and invest at [...]