giving gifts in the office

A pet peeve of mine, for a long time, has been the corporate office “pitch in for a gift” routine. If you aren’t a corporate employee, what happens is that there’s usually one perky busybody in every department who decides to buy a flower basket when co-workers gets sick, or a teddy bear when they [...] Read more »

making money with a credit card

Credit cards are evil. Credit card companies are predatory, aggressive entities who seek only to make money.  Poor consumers are victimized by high interest rates and ridiculous penalties.  Credit card companies are worse than baby kitten stompers, and we all know how evil THEY are. Except, of course, they are no worse than any other [...] Read more »

the pursuit of wealth for the sake of others

There are a million books written on the subject of money-making – at least. Most people, if they are sensible, want to acquire wealth.  If you don’t want material goods for yourself or for your family, you probably would like to acquire wealth to benefit a charity or a cause.  If you don’t want to [...] Read more »

third marketplace appearance

Once again Tess Vigeland kindly invited me, along with Lynnae of being frugal and Jim of Bargaineering, back for another “bloggers’ roundtable.” I always enjoy talking with Tess, Lynnae and Jim and I hope you enjoy the show. You can listen here.  Feel free to chime in here or at the Marketplace site if you [...] Read more »

second marketplace interview

As I mentioned yesterday, my second marketplace interview with Jim of Blueprint for Financial Prosperity and Lynnae of BeingFrugal.net is now available. You can listen to it here. You can also download an MP3 of the show here. If you like the interview, it would be a great help to Digg it (just click that [...] Read more »

no eat, no need money

Part 2 of my 6-posts-in-day project: Yesterday Little Buddy woke up and called out for me, as he usually does.  I was downstairs and heard the standard declaration on the monitor:  “Papa, I’m awake!” I went upstairs, and since I was already partially dressed for work he immediately asked me – even before leaving the [...] Read more »

5 signs your job sucks

Over the last three months since I’ve gone back on a new contract I’ve struggled. I was working like crazy during my “problogging” stint, but I enjoyed what I was doing and I had little desire to get back to work.  Since I took the contract, things have not gone well – although on the [...] Read more »

review, zen to done

Unless you are new to the world of blogging, you’ve probably heard of Zen To Done. The author, Leo Babuta, started the blog Zen Habits as a personal journal for friends and family to chronicle some of the positive changes he was making in his life. The blog caught on with readers – due partially [...] Read more »

how to be a location independent family, part 1

A while ago I was reading Location Independent Living, and I came up with three questions that I had about actually implementing it with a family. Most of these questions probably would arise reading the now-famous Four Hour Work Week, too, but I have yet to read it. First, a lot of people say they [...] Read more »

why you need to write your goals down

This post originally appeared at Millionaire Mommy Next Door.  If you haven’t visited her blog yet, you really should.  She’s someone who “made it” – she’s achieved financial freedom and she’s willing to share the who-what- when-where-why-how’s.   I love her blog, and you will too. A while ago I had an epiphany.  We were [...] Read more »