Parenting and Lifestyle Blog
We all love to dream – do you? We all want our dreams to come true – do you? We all are tempted to give up on our dreams – have you? On the path to our dreams and successes, the road may not always be freshly-paved and smooth. There are going to be bumps …
Congratulations. You’ve done it. You’ve been working late hours for years to establish your fashion business, and you’re now ready to take the jump and go full time with it. You’ve resigned your job, cleared up your desk, and said good-by to your final coworker… But wait a minute. There are a few things to …
I’ve had the honor of sharing my backwards approach to being a solopreneur with all of you for the past six months, and now I’m here to tie up the key lessons I’ve learned over that time. I’ve been sharing a few of them with you along the way, and I hope that my experience …
I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. This sentiment may be more appropriate for an 11-year-old than for someone in her mid-30s, but I’m fine with it. After all, it’s not uncommon: I have a large number of acquaintances my age who have no idea what they want to …
One of the things I love the most as a blogger is when my email pings letting me know I have a new comment. That small inner voice starts shouting, “Someone loves me!” Now don’t get me wrong I know people love me but as a blogger there are days when you just don’t feel …
A buddy told me a few years ago that he required an SUV to transport his boat from his driveway to the dock. He waited till his older car had reached the end of its useful life. He even spent time researching the greatest SUV within his price range. The car salesman persuaded him to …
Ah, lifestyle inflation. This is an issue that has gotten a lot of attention from financial bloggers around the world, and for good reason. People’s inability to save money is most likely due to lifestyle inflation. People tell themselves, “I’ll earn more money later in my career, so I’ll just save then,” while simultaneously thinking …
I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve thought, “If only I’d known _______, I wouldn’t be in this mess!”. You too, huh? I’m pretty sure most of us have longed for a rewind button in Life, or that we could revisit a particularly tough experience with some of the knowledge we’d gained …
Sometimes it’s the little things that cause us to fail. That turn a free morning, in which we could have done a lot, into a morning that ends the way it started: with a full To Do list that feels even longer. That’s why today I’m sharing my top 10 tips on how you too …
This is one of those rare topics that gets me really and truly angry, though I can’t quite pin down what, or who, I’m angry at. But let’s give it a go here, shall we? I had a professor who shared this piece of wisdom: understand money, sex, and power, and you will understand people. Later, …