Million Dollar Steps

Would life be easier if money wasn't part of the problem? I'm going to try and find out by earning one million dollars, legally, in...

 $2 turned into $2.23 November 2011 LET'S TRY THIS:  I was in a Goodwill store last week. I wasn't looking for anyt...

23¢ turned into $21.23! December 2011 I've got a good feeling about this one. Last night, I came across an ad on Craigslist for ...

$21.23 turned into $63.23 January 2012 I've made a few blunders in this experiment so far. Luckily, none of them have led to financ...

Assuming I get to $67,000, my wife and I have an agreement that we would "have a talk" about what I would do at that point in this...

  $63.23 turned into $111.23 December, 2011 As a school teacher and presenter, I'm always looking for better ways to connect w...

$111.23 turned into $841.14 January, 2012 I've gotten hooked on money making reality shows. I've watched every episode ...

Oh Yeah! Just when I thought I was stuck on a step - the phone rings... "How soon can I come over?" Bought for $120, sold for $...

Late January 2012 For the first few days when I started this project, my wife couldn't stop giving me sideways glances, as if she were...

February 6, 2012 In its purest form, I imagined this experiment as 20 individual purchases, each selling for double the price I purchased ...

Didn't sell. $1,171.14 becomes $1,208.19 Sold for $21.26 When a neighbor joins in the excitement, how can I turn down ...

$1,208.19 becomes $1,269.90 Some neighbors of mine decided to go out with the old and had a free swap meet. People could take anything th...

February 28, 2012 $1,269.90 becomes $1,332.90 As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've been pleasantly surprised that my wife has...

$1,332.90 becomes $1,411.40 February 29, 2012 I think I know how hoarders get started. It's easy to see something and feel a stron...

March 16, 2012 I've been buying little things and even though I did terribly at math in school, I saw the writing on the wall. It woul...