Happened twice in one week. Having lunch with friends, and during our conversations, Continue reading “The Best Oatmeal. Ever.”
There is No Super, Or Very Little
The use of the word super has become so commonplace that people do not realize it has lost its meaning as a superlative. Let’s see how many definitions you agree with.
Supermarket. What is so super about a supermarket? Nothing. Yes, I know Continue reading “There is No Super, Or Very Little”
Does The Private Automobile Have A Future?
The current rise in the “sharing economy” has some predicting major shifts Continue reading “Does The Private Automobile Have A Future?”
An Ethical Dilemma in Using Credit Cards? Is There Such a Thing?
What could be wrong about credit cards?
After all, they allow credit, which has expanded the economy. They allow me to Continue reading “An Ethical Dilemma in Using Credit Cards? Is There Such a Thing?”
Do You Care what your Boss Thinks of You? What a Waste of Time!
A dialog. With myself. (From my working days.)
Shouldn’t I care what my boss thinks of me?
That’s his or her problem, not mine. Caring what my boss thinks of me is a waste of time, energy. It just causes unnecessary anxiety, unneeded worry.
What do you mean? You mean that caring what my boss thinks of me is a waste? Continue reading “Do You Care what your Boss Thinks of You? What a Waste of Time!”
It is Critically Important to Make a Retirement Budget. But it is Utterly Useless.
A Retirement Budget is important because when you leave the steady income of a job you need to know how much money is coming in and how much is going out.
How do you make a retirement budget?
It is impossible to save enough money for retirement.
But is possible to prepare for retirement.
If you want to save enough for retirement, you will never succeed. Instead of saving, the most likely way to succeed is Continue reading “It is impossible to save enough money for retirement.”
Did I Retire or Did I Just Stop Working?
When I told my last boss I was going to retire, I found myself feeling weird. What is retirement anyway?, I asked myself. To me, the idea of retirement was Continue reading “Did I Retire or Did I Just Stop Working?”