I’m a little late on this but since 2006 I’ve asked my readers to tell me the best thing they did the previous year. Think back on the past year and let me know the best thing you did. It can…
Category: Encouragement
Here are 9 ideas to help you cope better with your financial stress in the hopes that this recession will be a soon forgotten memory for you. 1) TURN OFF AND TUNE OUT Author Barry Neil Kaufman says “We stare…
On Tuesday I asked my readers to help Dee with a question: “One thing I would like to see is how to get your spouse/partner on the same page. My husband is a spender and buys into the whole instant…
Happy New Year! You’re really dedicated to me if you are reading this in 2010! (Thank you!) I’m writing it around lunch time on December 30th after having been struck with inspiration in the shower! (Don’t judge me!) In fact…
The CBS Sunday Morning program had another great segment last week. It told the story of an anonymous benefactor in Canton, OH back in the 1930’s during the depression. This man gave away $750, $5 at a time to people…
Money really is a mind game. A University of Maryland study examined the “denomination effect”. The study found that if you carry around big bills ($50s and $100s) you’ll spend them slower than smaller bills. Would you break a $50…
On my walk this morning I noticed two guys in a car stop in front of a few recycling bins waiting on the side of the road for the recycling truck. They hopped out and went through the bins looking…
This 30 second video spells it out very nicely.
I was doing some surfing on Amazon.com today. I was looking at books in categories where I already own DOZENS of similar ones. There is probably nothing new in any of these books but they are new and different to…
Today is the last day of June 2010 and tomorrow starts the second half of the year which I always like to refer to as the start of a new year. Technically, every day is the start of a new…