8 Ways to Spend Less and Save Money at Restaurants (With Kids)
In this video, I show you how our family of 7 saves money at restaurants. We love to eat out, but it can get expensive if you’re not intentional. We’ll also talk about 11 marketing tricks restaurants use on the menu to make you spend more.
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Should You Have Combined or Separate Finances in Marriage?
In this video, we’re talking about combined finances in marriage. Or should you have separate finances? There’s no easy answer, but we’ll talk about all your options and how to choose.
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8 Ways We Feed Our Family of 7 Nutritious Meals for Under $400/Month
In this video, I explain how we feed our family of 7 for less than $500/month. We still eat nutritious meals and we don’t sacrifice our health to save money. These are 8 ways you can do it for your family too.
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Ask Yourself This Question Before You Start ANY Financial Planning
In this video, I’ll show you the most important question you need to ask yourself about money before you start any financial planning. This is the foundation of your financial life.
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4 Things Your Kids Can Teach You About Money
In this video, I’ll show you 4 money lessons I learned from my kids. Our kids can teach us more than we think. We can actually learn a lot just by observing our children.
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4 Concepts Your Kids Need to Know About Money & Life
In this video, I show you the best principles I’ve found in the 450 books I’ve read for your kids to learn helpful habits. Some ideas work better than others. I’ve made sure to only include the concepts and principles that really work – the stuff I actually do in my daily life.
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8 Things That Keep You Financially Insecure (And How to Win the Battle)
In this video, we’re talking about the things that can keep all of us financially insecure. I give you a lot of data and stats to show some of the reasons we need to overcome these insecurities. We also talk about how to overcome all of these insecurities – practical ways.
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How to Teach Your Teen About Money (Even if You’re Just Now Starting)
In this video, we talk about the practical money lessons your teen needs to know before they move out. We also talk about how to instill these lessons and ideas. There’s still hope even if they’ve already moved out (I mention the solution for that in the end).
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What are the Actual Child Labor Laws? (And What Jobs Should Kids Work?)
In this video, we talk about 12 great jobs for young kids, including kids under 14 years old. Some of these jobs are pretty unique. We also go into the actual child labor laws and what they really are.
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How to Instill Grit in Your Kids (It’s a 3-Part Process)
In this video, we’re talking about how to instill grit in your children. It’s not just about teaching them the value of hard work… though that’s part of it. It’s a 3-part process.
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How to Be Where You Are: Teach Your Kids the Power of the Present
In this video, we’re talking about living in the present. It’s not easy to be present – to be where you are, but it is a Biblical concept. These are some steps to practice being present.
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Don’t Just Teach Your Kids to Set Goals, Teach Them to Do This
In this video, we’re talking about goals, but goals are useless without systems. Here’s how to create systems and how to teach your kids to create systems that will achieve all of their goals. You don’t need even goals if you have the right systems in place.
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The Dangers of a Child-Centered Home (And What to Do Instead)
In this video, we cover 6 reasons it’s dangerous to center your home around your children. We also talk about the healthy way a home should function and how to create a better environment for your kids by not centering your world around them.
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How to Fight Procrastination and Build the Action Habit
In this video, we talk about fighting procrastination in ourselves and in our kids. You fight procrastination with the action habit. I’ll explain what the action habit is and how you can use it to change your life and set your kids up for success.
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The Importance of Today and Small Choices
In this video, we talk about how small choices make up our entire life and the importance of today. Teach your kids to be present and focus on their small choices. This is how habits are created.
How to Structure Your Time Productively in a Full House
In this video, I show you how I fit it all in. With a wife, 5 kids, military service, 2 businesses, college, traveling, reading, writing, and so much more. It’s about structure and planning. We’ll cover it all and I’ll show you my morning ritual.
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How to Fight Entitlement Mentality in an Entitled World
There are actual studies showing that kids today are 25% more entitled than older generations, and 50% more entitled than the oldest generation. But I don’t think we need studies to see that the entitlement mentality is taking its course.
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How to Create (And Stick With) a Weekly Schedule for Your Family
In this video, I show you how we plan our weekly schedule for our family of 7. You can create and stick with a weekly family schedule to make the most out of your valuable time.
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The Media Threat: How Much Screen Time is Too Much?
In this video, we talk about how much screen time our children should have. Is there a set amount of time? How dangerous is the media we bring into our homes? All questions are answered here.
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How to Define Productivity as a Christian & Live a Productive Christian Life
In this video, I talk about the differences between productivity for the world and productivity for the Christian. I show you how to be a productive Christian while taking the ideas and concepts, but molding them to a Christian lifestyle. I’m still figuring all this stuff out with you; these are merely the things I’ve learned along the way.
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Tour of a Huge Japanese Grocery Store
In this video, I walk you through Universe, a huge Japanese grocery store in Northern Japan. The fruits, vegetables, meat, soju, sake, and ramen galore! It’s a little… different from the States.
Hiking Japan’s Oirase Gorge
In this video, we took a trip to a Japanese resort with an onsen and stayed in a traditional Japanese room. We ate a traditional Japanese dinner and then spent the next day hiking the Oirase Gorge in Towada, Japan.
Hotokegaura: Beautiful Rock Formations in Northern Japan
In this video, we’re going to Hotokegaura, some beautiful rock formations on the northern tip of mainland Japan. It’s on the sea so the scenery is amazing.
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Shiriyazaki Lighthouse: First Western-Style Lighthouse in Japan
In this video, I take you around the Shiriyazaki Lighthouse. It’s a sight to see and it feels like you’re on top of the world. It’s at the top tip of mainland Japan!
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We Took a Frozen Train to the Snowiest City on Earth
In this video, I take you on our New Year’s trip. We spent the night in Aomori City, Japan – the snowiest city in the world. It averages 26 feet of snow per year. Check out the views, the snow, the food, and the sights to see. It even started snowing inside the train!
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Tokyo Owl Cafe With Kids (Owl Cafe Fukurou)
In this video, I take you to the Fukurou owl cafe with the family. The kids had a great time and loved petting and holding the owls. I highly recommend it!
Tokyo Finally Opened!
In this video, I take you with us on our trip to Tokyo. It finally opened! Tokyo is different in a post-COVID world because the number of people is so drastically reduced. That may be one positive benefit of COVID. Check out our hostel, some tips to save money when traveling to Tokyo, and the things we saw!
Our Trip to Sendai, Japan
In this video, we took a trip to Sendai, Japan. Since Japan is still locked down, we were almost the only non-Japanese people there, but we had a great time.
Japan Cultural Tour: Misawa and Hachinohe
In this video, we go on a cultural tour of Misawa and Hachinohe, Japan. We try the food. We visit a shrine. We check out the insane drink machines. We even found an egg vending machine!
Our Italian Home Tour (Inside Our Empty Italian Villa)
In this video, I give you a tour of our home in Italy and the surrounding area. This was right as we were moving out so the house is empty and a little messy with cleaning supplies. But hey, sometimes life is a little messy. I hope you enjoy our home as much as we did, including our trampoline in the garage!
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