Too much of anything isn't good. This includes putting all the eggs into one basket by paying off debt at the expense of savings or vice versa. Instead, tackle financial management from all angles.McIntyre was cut by three teams six years ago, it set him off on a circuitous route. Already a former walkon who starred at Fresno State, he moved to the Arena Football League, in which he played for the San Jose SaberCats for two years. After knee surgery and the demise of the AFL, he wondered if he should keep playing as a long, painful rehabilitation ensued and then a move to the Canadian Football League followed as he joined the Hamilton TigerCats.

When my wife and I moved here from Sumner County, Tenn., in 1979, we had every intention of buying a few acres of land in Boyd County and continuing our plans to eventually live almost entirely off the land. At the time, we were growing enough vegetables in our two gardens that we had not bought any vegetables for more than a year.