Okay, let’s start with the summary. Parents build an empire; entitled children squander the inheritance; grandchildren (usually educated courtesy of the grandparents) have to fend for themselves but never attain…
This article is for those who crave a financially stable life. It is a long but valuable post, one you will find the need to revisit time and again. Living…
Truism, cliché, whatever There are sayings—call them truisms or clichés—that people sometimes twist around to justify every single act of stupidity they do, or, to highlight the negative side of…
I love my own company, comfortable with the silences. The conversations with my mind, the back–and–forth and counter arguments without any anticipation of hurt feelings and sulkiness afterwards, keep me…
So it has come to this. The money is done, the bills are there. You don’t have/are looking for/just lost/are about to lose/just barely holding onto a job. Running away…
At some point in life, everyone has problems. You can accept responsibility for them or not, seek to downplay or exaggerate them, but really in the end, you have basically…
It is hard to explain or even understanding how giving away something together can make a relationship stronger. My husband and I are polar opposites. He’s hot when I’m cold,…
There are some things in life that are so important they warrant more than the usual five-minutes attention span we have been trained to have. Debt (as seductive a four…
Think of ten persons you have known over the years. Pick a couple down–and –outers, a few mediocre ones, a couple of success stories and one plain lucky so–and–so. Now,…
Teach your children to be financially independent by letting them be progressively responsible for their personal spending, Let them help to earn their keep by doing work for their spending…
