A good life costs less than you think
The kid who grew up on food stamps finally figured out what money is actually for (hint: it's not more stuff)
Seventeen years ago, I had a vision and a mission.
My fiancee at the time (now my wife) and I had just resigned from our TV news jobs—she was a reporter, me a sports anchor—and made the decision to actualize our dream of living in New York City.
No jobs.
In fact, we were also switching careers to boot.
This was April of 2009, so we were in the middle of the…


