The Dust Bowl – Insights from A Massive Ecological Disaster
The other evening, I watched Ken Burns’ documentary The Dust Bowl. I have found all his films excellent! He has an amazing ability to make what could be a boring topic interesting. There are some lessons that we can learn from the dust bowl. For those of you who...
10+ Simple Tips to Maximize Your Costco Membership
Having a Costco membership can be a double-edged sword. We can get good deals on things and food, and we can also overspend. The trick is to learn how to maximize your Costco membership. The following is a list of tips that I have compiled from shopping at Costco...
How To Thrive with Fewer Things
While visiting family in Colorado, my sister invited me to attend a meditation session at her Yoga studio Sunny Isle Yoga. During that session, it came up about letting go of things that we don’t need anymore. We all bring things into our lives for various reasons. Often these...
Everything’s Good… Until It Isn’t!
Tires last until they blow… The income is great until it stops coming in… Our health is good until we end up in the hospital… Everything is good until it isn’t! Things can work out like in Hemmingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises: “How did you go bankrupt? Two...
Is The High Inflation Under Control?
So, the CPI and PPI were slightly lower than expected for the month of November 2022. Has this wild inflation been tamed? Are the interest rate increases going to bring inflation down to the desired level? I am not a trained economist, although I do have a history degree...
How to Get Free Food at McDonald’s
I like McDonald’s food! If I can get a deal on the food, even better. Free food? Oh, yeah, keep reading this post and you can get the same notification I got! While the prices of food have been increasing, I do what I can to pay as little...
The Money Strategy of Unpegging Our Income
Who says there should only be two money strategies? Why is income only referred to as either active or passive income? I have seen passive workers earning active income. There are also people actively earning passive income. How is it that the government wants inflation? OK, not too much...
You Are Your Best Investment
A lot of people think that their house is their biggest and best investment. For some people that may be so. When we invest in ourselves, it is the best investment we can make. This is also something where we can control the value. When we take care of...
Surround Yourself with Wealth – Cash at Home
Keeping cash at home should be an aspect of your emergency funds. I am a firm believer in having back-up plans. Sometimes, I have a back-up plan for the back-up! As Murphy says, “If something can go wrong, it will.” (… and it usually happens at the worst time!)...
7 Methods to Increase Task Productivity
How can we increase task productivity in our lives? I know this isn’t directly about money, but both time and money are forms of wealth. My intention with this post is not to encourage you to take on more tasks. This is how to complete our current tasks in...