Personally, I think the first of January is a rotten time to attempt to make positive changes to your life. January and February are dreary months, not exactly the best time to give up vices or pick up virtuous behaviours, so I do it around March. The spring is the time of rebirth so what [...]
I thought I was on the right road to financial independence when the rug was pulled out from under me. OK, I am being a bit over dramatic, the rug was not really pulled out, I just tripped a bit. You know the kind of trip that you don’t fall but your heart skips a [...]
Spring is in the air and the daffodils are popping up. This is the time of year I prefer to make my resolutions instead of in gloomy January. I am starting to feel revitalized with all the new growth around me so what better time to make a few resolutions? A few of my spring [...]
I am going back to New York for a visit in a month and I must say I am terrified. Why terrified you ask? A friend suggested that I read this article in the Times called What it feels like having a Manhattan makeover, so now I am terrified. Ok, I am not terrified, just [...]
You have survived Christmas and the empties from your New Year’s Eve festivities are in the recycling bin so I guess it is the time to make our resolutions. Here are a few of the bigger categories for me, not in any specific order. SHOPPING – My first resolution is to plan ahead and to [...]
It has been a bit hard for me to get into the groove this year and I finally figured out why – too much frugality is getting me down. I have been doing the frugal thing for years but only intensely the past three and a bit. It is a tiring to always be looking [...]