Here I sit at the airport waiting to fly to New York. Forgot to check the flight status from home so it’s my own fault that I didn’t know about the 45 minute delay. Hopefully, it won’t turn into the 9 hour delay I remember one foggy east coast day. …
Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?
A client asked me to come up with a plan to accomplish tasks from a “brain dump” of the things she needed to get done—it was driving her crazy! Expecting a long list of big tasks, I had her send it to me so I could formulate a plan of attack. …
How Much Are You Worth?
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued,” What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?”…
A Shouldy Mess
About six years ago we moved and gave up our city sewer system for raw, country living complete with our own leech field and septic tank. People told us you should pump that septic tank every 3 or 4 years. But, you know how I feel about should (and I guess my husband does too) so I marked it down as one of those things for other people.…
The Truth About Taxes
With us heading to the April 15th deadline, I just had to bring up taxes one time (even though it’s the first time in 35 years that I don’t have tunnel vision about them). I was reading my Journal of Accountancy (good bedtime reading) and found some interesting results of a 2010 Taxpayer Attitude Survey done by the IRS Oversight board about reasons for taxpayer honesty.…
Labor Pains
Maine state politics isn’t often in the news (and on YouTube) until recently. For those who missed it, our Governor chose to remove a mural from our Department of Labor depicting the history of labor. I guess he felt it didn’t honor the businesses of the state.…
Harboring Resentments
As I was contemplating topics for this week’s blog, I really wanted it to be about the horrific earthquake in Japan. After all how could I turn a blind eye to the tragedy unfolding before us? I immediately thought about how disasters make us aware of how we are just one big family. …
Citizen Beware
Last week I heard someone use the phrase citizen beware while remarking that we had all become consumers. We’re used to hearing consumer beware of course, and it got me wondering what the connection is and what they had to do with money beliefs.…
Frugal Fatigue
There was a segment on the Today Show yesterday about the next big thing to fear. It seems that because of the economic downturn, we are all tired of counting pennies and we should beware of frugal fatigue. And, what’s more, 65% of us are already affected; one more reason to lock our doors and hide under our beds!…