Welcome to Not Your Parents’ Financial Guy! A personal finance online resource that helps people get the most out of life and their money by following nontraditional advice.
Want to know how to create a monthly savings plan and stick to it using one simple tactic?
Interested in learning about 21st-century investment options?
Want to learn how to save enough money and take 6-12 months off work to travel the world on a mini-retirement?
I’m not your parents’ typical financial guy and won’t give you the same advice you’re used to hearing.
If you are new to the site, start here to jump to the first blog post to learn what this site is all about, and you can also sign up for the Free 5-Day Money Course, which will give you the basics on how to use your finances to create your best life possible!
Current Location: Chicago
We started a new business! Check out Steep Into It, a premium brand of mushroom extracts and herbal teas that we started as a way to share health and wellness with the world. Mushrooms, herbs and teas have tremendous health benefits that can help with relaxation, sleep, energy, focus, digestion...
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Where has NYPFGuy Been?!? So the last month and a half has been pretty crazy to say the least. After having a relatively tame New Year's celebration, I packed up my new (used) car and drove from Chicago to Los Angeles over 4 days with my dad. We saw the...
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Return To "Normal Life" From June through November of this year, I spent 6 months traveling the world from Australia, through Southeast Asia and across Europe before returning back to my hometown of Chicago. I did all of this on a strict budget of $15,000, of which I only spent...
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