You know that feeling you get when someone says or writes something far better than you could have? I love that feeling. Here are 10 of the more memorable times it happened to me in 2010: When anthropologists spend time with aboriginal peoples, one of the very first things they almost always comment on is…
Resourcefulness – (n.) The ability to come up with clever ways to solve a problem. The bad economy hasn’t been easy for my family, or for many of my friends and neighbors. But these lean times are forcing many of us to hone an incredibly useful skill: resourcefulness. In the last few years, my husband…
My husband and I allocate $10 to $20 of free money to ourselves each week. We call it “walking around money”. But I rarely see anything I need, so most weeks, mine ends up tucked away to be saved for later. I want to spend my money on something I’ll really value. But I’ve always…