Last July my wife and I left great paying jobs and a comfortable, spacious condo in Salt Lake City for Star Valley, Wyoming where we currently earn about one quarter of my previous income. I've often thought, as have some of my peers, "Why would I DO something like this?"
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Last year nearly 40 million tax refunds were issued by the IRS, amounting to a whopping $125 billion, according to IRS.gov. The average refund was about $3,120. That’s a pretty substantial amount of money for most people. And while the temptation may be to pick up that ridiculously large high-definition TV which takes up the entire wall of your man cave, you can make your “forced IRS savings” to work a little harder for you.