Alternatives to the traditional college path

Less than 20 miles south of where I live at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado resides a guy who goes by the name Mr. Money Mustache (MMM). According to his blog, “Mr. Money Mustache is a family man living in the United States who retired from work, relatively wealthy, at about age 30. After several years of retirement, he noticed that his still-working peers were envious of his lifestyle. They were making more money than he ever had, yet they were somehow still broke. So he decided to write this blog to educate the world on how it is done.”

I recommend his blog to anyone who is interested in an alternative path that doesn’t involve a lifetime of acquiring things and working to pay off the debt. But today I want to highlight last Thursday’s post titled 50 Jobs over $50,000 — Without a Degree (Part 1).  Continue reading