Making Sense of Money Basics
Every day, we face decisions about money: how to earn and spend it, save and invest it. While countless books, videos, and seminars offer a flood of advice, financial success is really about mastering three fundamental principles. 1. Live Within Your Means As someone quipped, “Why do we spend money we don’t have, to buy things we don’t [...] Read More >
Recipe for Basic Laundry
INGREDIENTS: Dirty clothes Detergent Dryer sheets WASHING: Recommended: Separate light and dark clothes. Although the colors shouldn t run together in cold water, bright red shirts have occasionally been rumored to transform white underwear into pink ones. Pour detergent into washer, amount according to the size of the laundry load-specific amounts are shown on the box or bottle of detergent. Check pockets [...] Read More >
Being Single – A Different Kind of Freedom
There are more than enough Top 10 lists out there pointing out the benefits of being single. The pro’s of why being without a mate produces all these side effects that beg to be recognized. You know the ones I’m talking about. Sometimes they come off sympathetic, some patronizing, some like propaganda, and often times [...] Read More >
College Life: A Time for Resolutions
January 1. A time when resolutions are made. A time of hope that we will actually see some changes made in our lives. Two or three months later, the hope is dead. The resolutions have been broken. Most of us are resolution breakers. Yet we pledge year after year to effect major changes in our lives. December [...] Read More >
Reality Bytes: Seeking Real Connection in a Virtual World
There has been a change of screenery. People have shifted from spending time on the front porch and peering through screen doors to staring at computer screens, television screens and cell phone screens. The ushering in of recent modern technologies has undoubtedly brought with it a shift in people’s priorities. As a recent Communications [...] Read More >
Thanksgiving Thoughts: Practicing Gratitude
Have you ever thought of yourself as a poor or starving student? In our student days it is perhaps easier to remember our lack of money or things. It is easy to take a look around and be disappointed. As a student, the “lack of” in our lives can make it easier to want things even more, [...] Read More >
Thanksgiving Thoughts: Practicing Gratitude
Have you ever thought of yourself as a poor or starving student? In our student days it is perhaps easier to remember our lack of money or things. It is easy to take a look around and be disappointed. As a student, the “lack of” in our lives can make it easier to want things even [...] Read More >
Living with an Open Hand
As soon as I was old enough to turn on a light switch, my parents told me electricity cost money. In fact, I soon found out everything costs money. I remember clearly my first lesson in money management. My grandmother gave me a piggybank for my birthday. The plump porcelain pig with a moronic smile was [...] Read More >
Finding Significance in Your Work
Is it unrealistic to expect your work to mean more than just the next paycheck? Not long ago, I attended a seminar where the speaker gave an impressive account of how technology is changing our world. His presentation included many examples of the fast pace of change and its impact on our lives and careers as [...] Read More >
Connecting Through Technology
Do you use technology to stay in touch with family and friends?
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