Goal Setting: My Report Card

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

~ Author Unknown

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post outlining 5 Goal Setting Guidelines as part of the Balance Basics series. Yesterday I wrote about our financial plan for 2010, and I got to wondering whether I followed my own guidelines or not.

The short answer is no, [...] Continue reading Goal Setting: My Report Card





Gurus & Experts: Should You Listen?

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

~ Andre Gide (1869-1951)

Yesterday we talked about the abundance of advice available, especially at this time of year. Experts and gurus are prolific sources of this “noise“. So what’s the difference? In my mind, an expert is someone with above average knowledge about something, whereas a guru is someone who is perceived by many [...] Continue reading Gurus & Experts: Should You Listen?





6 Remedies For a Debt Hangover

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.

~ Oprah Winfrey

OK, so you overindulged. You read all of those articles warning about moderation or complete avoidance. You intended to follow that prudent advice.  But you didn’t. I could easily be talking about alcohol consumption or debt consumption. Either way, over-consumption will put you in a precarious position.

If you’re not in [...] Continue reading 6 Remedies For a Debt Hangover





2010 What Ifs

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

~ Hal Borland

Yesterday we looked at some notes that I had made at the beginning of 2009. Today, we look at possible problem areas for 2010. Again, these are obviously not predictions, as I’m too chicken to stick my neck out on what [...] Continue reading 2010 What Ifs





Postcards from 2009

Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow:

This year is going; let him go;

Postcards from 2009





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