Opinion

Occupy Wall Street (Los Angeles) – Why, what, where, when, who & how, in their words

I first saw the news about #occupywallstreet about 6 months ago, but I ignored it. Some folks were protesting about something related to politics, so I moved on. Then soon my Twitter feed started picking up a number of mentions about the protests.   The protests which I thought were localized to NYC, quickly became #occupydc, [...]

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Money = happiness, yes I really mean it!

You should quit your job, my friend told me over coffee. You are working way too much, you are not even spending time with your husband and it will spoil your health. How did you figure that out? I asked. I know how it feels to work 80+ hr weeks. I did it for 6 [...]

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Employee or Entrepreneur : Is one better than the other?

Last week Get Rich Slowly had a post from a reader Tina about what she did with her lottery winnings. She made very responsible choices, unlike usual lottery winners. What sparked my interest most were the comments. As with any windfall discussion, there were some people who thought investing the windfall into a business would [...]

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Loyalty cards : Providing rewards or threats?

“Frozen caramel, no whip for Suuuubbaa” – Manager of the Panera Bread I usually go to on Monday told the person who makes the drinks. The thing is I hadn’t ordered it yet, there were 5 people before me in line. I smiled and said “yes”. He gave me a quick one hand hug and [...]

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I like it but I don’t know why…

Middle of the day, you are busy… suddenly you want pizza… Not just any pizza, a “zzz” pizza. Whoa! Where did that come from? It probably worked this way – It might have been a hot day, you might have been thinking about the amount you are sweating and how good it would have been [...]

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Are we saving too much for retirement?

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent. — Ben Franklin. There are plenty of us that have this view point about how much we need for something we have no clue about. We try to find a rule of thumb and follow that. Personal finance is replete with rules of [...]

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Battling the Rebaterus…

Yesterday I was filling out a mail in rebate after a very long time. I used to do a lot of free after rebate stuff, but with lack luster success in getting the mail in rebates without any follow up I pretty much gave up. This time, I already decided to purchase a USB drive [...]

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Ask the readers : Charitable donations by married couples, How do you handle it?

Everyone has heard that “Men are from Mars and women are from Venus”.  It is true that men and women think differently, act differently and feel differently about any given situation. Even in the household budget, we have different line items for her stuff and his stuff, his hobbies and her hobbies… but I have [...]

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Learning to give up the rat race

I started this blog a little more than an year ago. For 2 reasons – share information I know and become a better writer. From the feedback I am getting, I have been reasonably successful in both of these goals.  Somewhere alone the line though, I lost focus on these two things…gradually, over time, things [...]

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