The Anticipation Effect
When I was young (in the 1950’s), one of my favorite books was about a suburban Midwest family. In it the wife and husband have a chance conversation about taking a trip to Paris....
Category: getting it
Free Things to Do in Branson
Branson – the live music show capital of the world has much more than just shows to offer. We have a vacation condo lakeside on Table Rock Lake in the area and have explored...
Allowances
My husband and I gave our boys an allowance when they were kids. We both received an allowance and thought it was just part of what you do when you have kids. Neither of...
April is Financial Literacy Month!
H & R Block has developed a program called Dollars & Sense to help teens learn financial literacy. This post is from a writer in that program and has some good information. Just so...
The Road to Wealth Requires Insurance
As a project manager, I learned from experience that to get your project done you need to cover your risks. There is a whole sub-section of project management dealing with risk identification, assessment and...
6 Ways to Become a Millionaire
Becoming a millionaire is a popular wish. Do you want to have a million dollar net worth? Only those readers who are already there would say no, I bet. It is entirely possible to...
Women Need Economic Power
When I retired from my job as a manager in a national mid-cap company, I started my own business to develop web sites and blogs, write for them and create products to sell on...
OMG Am I a Workaholic?
This post is part of the topic Happiness, Hobbies and Money for Women’s Money Week. In the movie, City Slickers, Mitch (Billie Crystal) quizzes Curly, the old cowboy (Jack Palance) about the meaning of...
Let Your Children Work!
This post is part of the Family and Money topic of Women’s Money Week 2013. When my Father was growing up, he lived on a farm in the mid-west. His parents and grandparents had...
Leverage Your Time
This post is part of the topic Finding Time and Increasing Productivity for Women’s Money Week. All my life I have traded my time for money and there was always either too little time...
