As I continue to declutter this year I came across some old water bills from the city and I was a bit shocked at what I found. My water bill has grown 115% over 8 years for the exact same amount of water although the “sewer” charge has grown and we have less people living…
Category: Personal Management
Annual Cost of Physical Therapy $5000 & Scam Care?
I have a bad back. Most of the time it’s ok but over the years my back pain flare ups have been happening with higher frequencies and often the pain, when it happens, is at a much higher level than in the past. To that end, one of the things that helps is getting physical…
New Home AI Lab Up & Running
After using AI to save $1000 on a new network at home, I decided to use some of those funds to build me a home AI lab. It was a rough start which you can read about here but I now have my lab fully operational but I am still tweaking a few things. My…
Mind Map of AI and Me
I have so many things going on right now that I had to stop and take a breather and reflect on all the stuff AI has helped me do the past year but much of this stuff is that last couple of months! The most important thing for me are the Apps I’ve been able…
Built A Financial Dashboard And Credit Card Spend/Rewards Dashboard
I don’t know how Quicken/Intuit will survive, in less than an hour, I built my own financial dashboard and credit card spend and rewards dashboard and it did everything right whereas Quicken made endless errors last time I used it. Financial Dashboard I have a ton of bank accounts and getting a full picture of…
Built A Bucket List Travel App In Less Than An Hour!
Before you read this post keep ONE thing in mind. I am not a web app developer nor am I an expert in computer programming. I am simply sitting on my recliner while I watch TV in the background and having a conversation with Gemini on my laptop sitting on my lap. This started as…
New Year’s Actions!
I’m not going to write a resolution post because without action, resolutions are hopeful activities. So I’m going to write about my New Year’s actions. I’ve already done some of these things and I am definitely going to do the rest soon. Subscriptions (Canceling & Adding) The most impactful thing to my day to day…
Final Thoughts For 2025
It’s been a wonderful year for me and as I reflect back on my posts for the year I realize there are a few themes at play. Travel My first post for 2025 was a bit of a rant about over tourism in Europe. That post foreshadowed a key them of 2025 for me, international…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – December Year 2
We I’ve definitely flatlined, didn’t really lose or gain weight overall for December. Honestly, it was the holidays and there were just too many treats to eat along with family dinners on the 24th and 25th and because family came in we also went out to restaurants to eat and celebrate this month. Starting Jan…
Inflation Is The #1 Killer of Quality of Life
On of my “secrets” to eating out cheaply has been to visit overlooked ethnic restaurants in my city. I am blessed to have access to many different types of cultural restaurants and one of the place recently visited is one in which I keep detailed receipts because what we order is not actually on the…