Some people actually think money will solve all their problems. Actually I think we are all guilty of that thought every now and then. The scary thing is when we actually believe it. Don’t you wish you could win the lottery? Maybe just a million dollars? That should make everything all better right? Sad to …
Personal Finance Challenge #8: Money Is NOT The Answer Read More »
Miracle you say? How many times does something live up to the hype? A miracle drug may help with an illness but they rarely live up to the hype. Because of the Paleo movement bone broth has come back into the health food scene in a big way. Yet good old chicken noodle soup was …
I would like to think most of us have some form of dislike for waste. I’d like to think I am not alone when I say that I feel bad for throwing food out that has gone bad. I’d like to think I am not alone in thinking that having air conditioning or heating going …
Personal Finance Challenge #10: Learn To Hate Waste Read More »
Recently I have been challenged on what I believe to be a healthy diet. After all my research I thought I was getting everything dialed in. I knew what foods to eat and what not to eat. I knew how much to eat to eat. I knew when to eat. I knew where to eat. …
You have to ask yourself… How many times have you thought about doing something little and skipped over it? Thought about throwing that piece of trash away… thought about sending that quick email… thought about organizing a few things that needed organized…. thought about making that phone call to say hi… etc…. I don’t know …
Here we go again… 52 posts on health over the next few weeks and months. The Personal Finance Challenge went over better than I thought it would, and I am excited to start talking about health. The Personal Health Challenge Series will be a lot like the Personal Finance Challenge expect it will be about …
Do you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? Basically the hare overestimates his ability for speed and the tortoise wins the race by simply keeping a steady yet slow pace. Its seems in our effort to ALWAYS have growth in our economies, we have reached a point where we need to take …
Personal Finance Challenge #35: Focus on Sustainability, Not Growth Read More »
With a new year, and a new President, many people in the U.S. are making prognostications about the future of the economy. People are asking many questions… How long will this recession last? Have we hit bottom yet? Will house prices recover? Will the stock market recover? Is now a good time to buy? How …
This has been said by many people but no one more famous than Christopher George Latore Wallace…. He had a point. At least in his life the more money he had, the more people created problems for him. In your own life, if you have money, you have problems. If you have more money, you …
We live in a world today where everyone and everything is vying for our attention. People are constantly asking for your help, for your effort, for your advice, for anything. Things need you to maintain them, to buy them, to use them. Time is our most precious commodity and we are constantly exchanging our time …