4 Rules You Must Follow If You Work From Home

When I first left my full-time job to become a work at home mom, I thought I’d have it made. I envisioned myself rolling out of bed at nine o’clock every morning, shuffling the few steps from my bed to my home office, and spending several hours a day...

How to Save Money by Embracing Deregulation

The following is a guest post During the past two decades there has been an important shift taking place in many areas of the United States: deregulation of the energy market. This shift is giving residents and business owners in many states a choice between energy...

What would you do?

So there I was, waiting in line with a cart full of things I knew I’d have to decide on after the cashier told me I didn’t have enough money to pay for all of them. I really should have thought this through while I was shopping, shopping...

New York and Cairo, a tale of two cities

Wealth is relative, a truism if ever there was one. We usually think about wealth in terms of the haves versus the have nots; the rich and the not so rich; the poor and the destitute. We consider someone is wealthy when how much they have, the money, cars, clothes,...

Life insurance guide: what you need to know

The idea behind life insurance is straightforward – you pay into your policy and, if you die and meet all the policy terms, your family will receive a payout. But not all life insurance policies are the same, so you’ll need to find a policy that suits you...

Choosing When to Splurge and When to Save

Many of us have grown so accustomed to not being able to live well off our income that we just get used to the idea we may be hungry for a few days. This comes from years of being broke and living hand to mouth. Some people find a happy medium and learn to budget...