From Using What You Have .com There are always ways of using what you have in new and creative ways. We tend to think we need something more, like a better job, a bigger house, or a even just some new things that will somehow make life better. And these can be reasonable goals. But [...]
I have a couple new pages up. First, I just put up a page about the concept of belief, and how sloppy we are in saying we believe something, as though the word means the same thing each time we use it. That page is here: What is Belief? Then there is my page about [...]
The education bubble is still inflating, and it seems that no matter how much college costs or how much debt people take on to attend, almost everyone assumes it is worth it to get that degree. Nothing can be worth any price, of course – something somehow forgotten during bubbles. With college there is the [...]
Beyond mental slavery is now published (finally). It is available at Amazon.com (just use that link), and can be ordered at your local bookstore as well. You can also read excerpts from the book at a site I set up just for that purpose. My newest site is called, naturally enough, Beyond Mental Slavery .com [...]
When talking about financial freedom, different people can mean entirely different things. For some it means getting to do what they want because they have enough money. For others it means having enough income from investments that they are free of any financial concerns. Of course, few people are actually unconcerned about financial matters regardless [...]
There are many books out there that explain THE WAY to manage your money. The truth is we all have different habits, goals, and skills, so there is no one way to manage money. Some less common ideas are suggested below, in case you find one or two useful. I also want to announce my [...]
A politics of personal responsibility demands that we understand the consequences of laws or government actions that we support. We should also consider political candidates we support as our “agents” meaning we’re somewhat responsible for the choices they make since we hire or elect them. With that in mind, I have decided on a new [...]
Although I don’t do it as much as I used to, I still rush around at times. Rushing isn’t really about moving fast, but about a state of mind. After all you don’t call it rushing if you are relaxing in you car listening to good music while going eighty-miles-per-hour down the highway. You don’t [...]
It is easy to imagine that we can do the right thing, and that we can know what the right thing to do is, but is it so? We are so influenced by desires for things and what we want to be true that it colors everything we see if we allow our minds their [...]
Of course there are opportunities during a recession, including those listed below. In fact, many “lucky people” will prosper in these tough economic times. If you want to be one of them, you have to start to think like them. To begin with, you might want to turn off the stream of bad news on [...]
