5 Things Every College Grad Should Know
Brian Kim's article "5 Things Every College Grad Should Know" is the article I wish I'd read prior to graduating university. Here's a his main points (in bold) followed by my comments:
1) A degree does not entitle you to a job
When I graduated, I somehow had the idea that I would graduate and be handed a job. This belief... >Read More
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Happiness = £42,000?
"What's the price of happiness? For an average Briton, it's a home worth 500,000 pounds and an annual salary of 42,000 pounds, a new study has revealed." (rediff.com Business)
For some perspective, the Global Rich List website tells us that a person earning £42,000 per year (approximately $62,500US) is in the top 1% richest people in the world.
Elsewhere,...... >Read More
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Money Only Does 5 Things
What would you do if you won a million dollars? I’d buy a small house and then hop on the first flight to Australia to meet my nephew. I’d travel, I’d give some away. I would buy more books. I would probably splurge on a really, really nice necklace.
When we think about money we tend to dream or to... >Read More
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Saving and Investing for Life
Crippling student loan debt. Scary words, but a reality for many students.
For some debt is unavoidable. But in many cases the amount of financial burden college and university graduates carry could be reduced with better financial planning.
Recently a particularly egregious case was highlighted by the Wall Street Journal:
When Michelle...... >Read More
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Eating Down the Fridge
Recently my husband and I had his sister and her husband over for supper. I explained rather sheepishly that my meal choices were made because I was trying to clean out the kitchen of random food items. I mean, it wasn’t all canned mushrooms and Jello, although I did make Jello Jigglers for the first time since I was... >Read More
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How would you spend $800 billion?
It sounds as though the much ballyhooed United States stimulus deal will soon be passed, to the tune of somewhere between $819 billion and $838 billion. (Give or take a few billion.)
It's hard for me to even mentally grasp that amount of money. For the sake of comparison, $800 billion would be enough to build approximately 12 million Habitat... >Read More
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Digging Deep for Christmas Presents
Wouldn’t you love to wake up on Christmas morning, find a huge, beautifully wrapped present with your name on it under the tree and open it up to discover that the brightly colored package contained none other than a bottle of clean, cool, fresh water?
Wait a second…
If that doesn’t sound like your Christmas fantasy come true, then you’re...... >Read More
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Expectations of the Season
What does the Christmas season promise you this year? We all have... >more
Big Money Makes You Poor
A quick windfall sounds like the answer to so many problems. But... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)