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While away in Guatemala this past March, I had the chance to experience something I haven’t been able to experience in a long time: scarcity. What an eye-(re)opening experience!
Of course, I took care of doing some research, but I didn’t do as much as I likely should have because I thought all we had to do was get settled and then we could go from there. BIG MISTAKE.
Read MoreThere’s reality, and then there’s the lie that perpetuates it.
The reality is that it costs more to be a woman in this world.
Let me count the ways...
Read MoreMr. F2P and I have had an interesting few weeks to say the least. It made me think of the themes you might hear in a sad country song:
Here's what happened.
Read MoreI sometimes forget some of the significant benefits of working for myself. The past few weeks have been a good reminder of these benefits.
Here’s what’s happened from late October to the present (early November)...
And what I've learned from it.
Read MoreI’ve often heard that money only amplifies who we are. If we’re a giving person, money will only make us more giving. If we’re an a**hole, money will only make us a bigger a**hole.
I don’t disagree with the above, but I think we’re ignoring the other end of the spectrum: believing we don’t have “enough” can have the same effect.
Being tight on money because we have too much debt or don’t feel we’re where we need to be in life (career, love, savings) also amplifies who we are and how we use money to affect others.Read More
I struggle with anonymity, I’m even struggling with writing this post about struggling with anonymity.
As a blogger who’s been talking about personal finance, relationships and everything in between, anonymity has been a soft & cozy blanket. It’s helped me find the courage to talk about a lot of ideas that are far from mainstream and that could cause some people in my other circles to distance themselves from me.
The most prickly topic? Money.
Read MoreThere’s been a recurring theme in what I’ve been reading and watching lately. From The Big Short to Pound Foolish to Four Horsemen to Requiem for the American Dream to Frontline's Retirement Gamble, the message is that the only reason money management is complicated and expensive is that we allow it be by believing what the financial services industry (aka Big Banks) tells us about it.
And it’s a big fat lie.
Read MoreIf you haven’t yet watched the movie The Big Short, I highly recommend it, but not for the reasons you might think. Yes, the movie is about the 2008/2009 financial crisis and, despite my love of calling out Big Banks, that’s not why I think the film is an important one.
What secondary theme am I loving here? Workers as volunteers.
Read MoreIt all started when I heard of the 900-million-dollar jackpot. I had no idea the Powerball jackpot had reached such proportions. It was a nagging discomfort at first, unsettling. But it grew as I considered the magnitude of its implications. I started feeling physically unwell just thinking about it, to the point that I decided to stop what I was doing and give it some just consideration.
Read MoreI’m writing to you today as a sip my dark roast coffee at my favourite local coffee joint. Yes...it's a Starbucks.
It’s my preferred location to meet friends for coffee and to write/read/research when I need to get out of the house and surround myself with other adults, which is once a week, at most. This is my daily barista.
When I order my coffee, I dutifully pull out my iPhone and let the barista scan my electronic gold card’s barcode to both pay for my purchase and to receive the bonus star I have coming my way for buying yet another tall dark roast coffee.
I carefully consider my actions every time I perform this ritual to make sure I stay mindful. Here's why.
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