One of the main trouble areas that contributed to my debt and weight gain was restaurants. I didn’t cook at home, and I ate out at every meal. McDonalds for breakfast, Burger King for lunch, and Applebee’s for dinner.
I didn’t realize that an average American restaurant portion is 2-3 times larger than it [...]
Be the change you want to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi
When I come across a difficult situation or a conflict, the ask the question: What did I do to influence this?
The trick is to phrase it so only my direct actions are in the picture. The wrong answers are, "I should have [...]
“They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love”. – William Shakespeare from ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’
Money is often cited as the leading cause of divorce in the western world. When [...]
How Much Emergency Savings Should I Have? Should I invest in more stocks than bonds?
Every personal finance blogger has their own opinion about this. Most of them say you should have at least 3-6 months if you are single, and up to a year if you are married with children. The best strategy that [...]
For the past year, I’ve been trying to follow the one-in one-out rule. If I buy something, I have to take something old and throw it out or donate. Pair of shoes in, old pair of shoes out. An area that I make the most progress on is books.
I used to be proud of [...]
I recently read an article Incompetent People Really Have No Clue, Study Finds. It’s a rather blunt way of putting it, but it’s what we all knew; incompetent people don’t know they are incompetent. The main point I got out of it is, you have to be able to recognize what you do badly. [...]
With the US jobless rate now at 8.1 percent and no sign of ending soon, we all know someone who has been laid off, or is facing a lay off. That someone could be you. We all want to know how we can make most efficient use of what we have until we can make [...]
We all know we should eat at home more often, but it’s difficult to juggle when you’re a single career professional. It is possible though. With the economy the way it is, a lot of people are wanting to know how they can eat at home more often.
Let’s go over some of the basics.
It saves [...]
I recently read Trent’s story from GetRichSlowly’s Where can you Turn if You Lose it All and it made me think about all the reasons I’ve worked so hard to be self sufficient.
The summary:
I received a long email recently from an utterly despondent woman (that I’ll call Ellen) who was caught in a devastating situation. [...]
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