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Travis Shelton 4/19/26 Travis Shelton 4/19/26

Ignore the Bar

Frankly, I don't care what the bar is. The bar sucks. The bar is a fraud. "Industry standards" and “common practices” are buzzwords to justify complacency and apathy.

Travis Shelton 4/18/26 Travis Shelton 4/18/26

Joy and Pain, Pain and Joy

My objective isn't to maximize the amount of money I give away. Instead, my objective is to always give joyfully and sacrificially. My scorecard isn't money; my scorecard is my heart.

Travis Shelton 4/17/26 Travis Shelton 4/17/26

Getting Back Into His Cage

His mental health is eroding quickly. Dark thoughts are starting to seep in. His breaking point might be approaching.

Travis Shelton 4/16/26 Travis Shelton 4/16/26

Where’s a DeLorean When We Need One?

A young lady on my far left raised her hand. "What is your net worth?" I said spicy....I didn't mean SPICY!!!! That one caught me off guard, as it's the first time I've ever been asked that publicly. I froze for a second. What do I say? What do I say? What do I say?

Travis Shelton 4/15/26 Travis Shelton 4/15/26

The Winding Road of Life

Seven years ago, I was sitting in an office building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, pitching a real estate fund to a prospective investor. Yesterday, I gave a four-hour workshop on excellence to 25 Christian non-profits, recorded a podcast episode, counseled a couple in pain, and spent the rest of the day doing cattle ranch work. Life moves fast.

Travis Shelton 4/14/26 Travis Shelton 4/14/26

Throwing In the Towel

Have you ever experienced retail rewards anxiety? You walk into a shop and either a) forget to scan your rewards, or b) can't get it to work. There's this weird anxiety-mixed-with-guilt-mixed-with-regret feeling that seeps in.

Travis Shelton 4/13/26 Travis Shelton 4/13/26

New Fear Unlocked

It's been a few months since I've been scared out of my mind. One would think I'm finally on the other side of crushing fear, but alas, here we are again.

Travis Shelton 4/12/26 Travis Shelton 4/12/26

Watching and Walking

When the game started, he looked anything but the best. He looked timid, scared. Often, he was watching the action from afar, walking up and down the field. Watching and walking. Needless to say, he really struggled.

Travis Shelton 4/11/26 Travis Shelton 4/11/26

Reboot

Two of my clients completely fell out of their budgeting rhythm. Month after month after month of successful budget execution and tracking, followed by complete failure.

Travis Shelton 4/10/26 Travis Shelton 4/10/26

Of Course She Did!!!!!!!

She turned her car around, and instead of driving home, she drove to a friend's house. One of her church friends is a single mom who recently got her hours cut at work. Resources were limited, and the stress was starting to rise.

Travis Shelton 4/9/26 Travis Shelton 4/9/26

The Most Naive and Irresponsible Person In the World

Together, through our shared naivety and irresponsibility, perhaps we can collectively bend the culture and help make our entire society more naive and irresponsible.

Travis Shelton 4/8/26 Travis Shelton 4/8/26

Like a Little Kid

Like many little boys and girls, I was obsessed with space travel as a kid. I marveled at the stars, constantly curious about what was up there. I reveled in the stories of space shuttles, moon landings, and the vastness of a world apart from Earth.

Travis Shelton 4/7/26 Travis Shelton 4/7/26

“Of Course You Did”

Fast forward to me showing up at home, empty-handed. "Did you get coffee?" Sarah asked. "I did!!!! But then I gave it to another woman."

Travis Shelton 4/6/26 Travis Shelton 4/6/26

If You Believe

If you believe in the Easter story, it should change everything; and by everything, I mean everything!

Travis Shelton 4/5/26 Travis Shelton 4/5/26

Unicorns Still Exist

In some ways, the ideas I shared in this post two years ago are even more controversial now than ever. The sentiment in our prevailing culture is that we're all screwed, relegated to a life of mere tolerance at best, or misery at worst.

Travis Shelton 4/4/26 Travis Shelton 4/4/26

Messy, But Good

Budgeting is messy! After all, life moves fast.

Travis Shelton 4/3/26 Travis Shelton 4/3/26

Tank Filler

The last few days have felt like a mental and emotional beating. Nothing significant happened, but everything involved in my days fell on the difficult side of the ledger. My tank was running low. That's when I decided to do something that nobody should do on an empty tank: aimlessly scroll TikTok. However, what I stumbled into filled my tank to the brim.

Travis Shelton 4/2/26 Travis Shelton 4/2/26

Anti Tipping Fatigue

In a culture where people are experiencing tipping fatigue, push the pendulum all the way to the other side via outlandish giving through the lens of tipping.

Travis Shelton 4/1/26 Travis Shelton 4/1/26

Lessons From the Non-Scam

Money is never about money.....it's always about something bigger. And sometimes, "bigger" means not feeling like our chest is going to get crushed in from the weight of our burdens.

Travis Shelton 3/31/26 Travis Shelton 3/31/26

Under My Roof

Somewhere in there, I realized that the causes and solutions to all of my problems lived under my roof. I was the common denominator for my crappy situation, and whether I liked it or not, I was responsible for navigating my life to a better situation.

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