You know, it felt like a long year.
Author: Jake
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My Keys To Success In Business
- Do what you think is right.
- Speak authoritatively while projecting unwavering confidence.
- Pretend it was a plan all along.
(Your Mileage May Vary)
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Looking Back on Two Years of Cord Cutting
October 31st marked the end of year two of Cord Cutting in the Stapleton household. Â I’m always evaluating what I’m doing, so two years in is a good time to pull some reports from Quicken and see how I did(who doesn’t categorize every transaction and can pull reports on demand).Â
After reviewing the report it occurred to me I needed to rethink how I was calculating the spending on Cord Cutting. Â You see in my mind (yes inside my head is a glorious place to be) Cord Cutting only applies to replacing what you would get from Cable and I was lumping Jess’s baseball into that category. However the more I thought about it there is no cable package I could purchase to get her every single Royals game like I’m able to do using a combination of MLB.tv and Unlocator. Also to be honest I do love her and crap, so even if we had cable I would still be spending this money so I think it inappropriate to include it in the calculation. (more…)