Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control. ~Richard Kline Update: This article was included in the Carnival of Wealth #26 – Stock Investing Edition posted at Value Stock Guide as well as the Carnival of Money Stories #94 hosted at Invest It Wisely. Thanks! Forgive me for the title of today’s article. I… Continue Reading
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Take the Thanksgiving Challenge
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. ~Buddha Today is Thanksgiving Day… Continue Reading
Mother’s Day Confessions: Lessons from My Children
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~ Rajneesh I love the quote above. But I can see how some might interpret it as an endorsement of the idea that women are meant to be mothers and aren’t… Continue Reading
10 Signs You Are a Bad Parent
If your own life is an example of what you don’t want your child to grow up and become, you are a bad parent. ~ Larry Winget I often draw parallels between financial health, and health in many other areas of life. I’ve compared the noise from the media to empty calories. I’ve compared debt… Continue Reading
Our Money Story: Part II
In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it. The ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one’s life. ~ Marcel Proust, The Past Recaptured, 1927 Yesterday I posted Part I of Our Money… Continue Reading
Our Money Story: Part I
History never looks like history when you are living through it. ~ John W. Gardner When I began writing this blog just a bit over a month ago, it was my intention to keep my personal life out of it. But the more I write and read, the harder it is to separate my money story… Continue Reading
Home for Christmas
Happy, happy Christmas that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! ~ Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers ~1836… Continue Reading
Celebrate What Is
To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have. ~ Ken S. Keyes Jr. Oh, the wonderful, picture-perfect scenes that Christmas time brings: families hugging, enjoying special food and special times together. Everything is perfect. The children don’t squabble, couples are in sync, and any past disagreements are forgotten.… Continue Reading