After my wife and I finished all of our many years of higher education, we sat down and looked at how much debt we had to pay back. It was at this time that the seven stages of debt grief began. Stage of Debt Grief #1: Denial – We felt numb. We couldn’t...
The following is a journal like approach consisting of several mini posts on time management, minimalism, and clarity. Mini Post #1: Losing Track of Time: It happens to me all the time. I sit down to watch “just a few minutes of television,” or to...
Do you overanalyze everything your boss(s) says at work? If you start receiving less work for a little while do you begin to feel certain that you’re about to be fired? If you get a pat on the back for a good job does your whole life suddenly seem brighter?...
This continues my series on trying to better enact my love of minimalism into my everyday life). I can eat a fast food extra “value” meal and feel hungry only a few hours later. I just consumed thousands of calories, but yet I will feel totally deprived....
Alright, I’ll admit that heading is kind of bogus. Who can really determine how productive they are at work? We’re not robots after all. That said, given the best metric I have–the dreaded billable hour–I can honestly say that one small...
Real Personal Finance involves falling down and getting back up. Forgetting to budget for months at a time. Spending money on depreciating items and sometimes even items that had no value to begin with. Real personal finance involves debt and over-leveraging...
