photo credit: mistress_f In part 1 of this three-part series I talked about walking away from various responsibilities in your life. In part 2 I talked about whether it would be easy to leave them. Now I’m going to bring it together with my thoughts on “walking away from it all.”Would it make you happier? [...] Read more »
the whole life sabbatical (part 2 of 3)
photo credit: ribena_wrath In part 1 of this three-part series I talked about walking away from various responsibilities in your life. How easy would it be to leave them? Work: If you stop to think about it, you have almost nothing stopping you from quitting your work. If you own a business, you can sell [...] Read more »
the whole life sabbatical (part 1 of 3)
photo credit: urbanshoregirl Have you ever just wanted to chuck it all and walk away? To just walk away from your commitments and responsibilities and start over again somewhere else? Why didn’t you? I started thinking about the practicalities of walking away from my entire life of responsibilities after learning an acquaintance had done it. [...] Read more »
6 Ways to Salvage your New Years Resolutions
We’re less than a full month into the new year. Did you make any resolutions? If so, how’re they doing? If you’ve already broken your New Year’s resolution, don’t be too hard on yourself. It turns out that the odds were stacked against you. A study in 2007 by Richard Wisemen from the University of [...] Read more »
the itch that never ends
Imagine your wrist is itching right now. It’s the kind of itch that just has to be scratched – it doesn’t matter what you are doing, because the urge to scratch rises up and blocks your ability to concentrate on almost anything else. I am sure you know this feeling – the sudden intensity of [...] Read more »
the movement of content
One of the problems I have with writing here at brip blap tends to be the question of “what to write?” I’ve never made this a blog that covers the subjects that many personal finance blogs cover: what credit card should I get? Should I invest in an IRA or a Roth IRA? I [...] Read more »
