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Get A Job Do Less
Good news everybody! I got a job! Add that to the other one and I’m three-quarters of the way to half-time employment. If I keep this up I’ll be able to work a lot less. Yesterday I signed a contract … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bicycling, books, consulting, entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, frugal, frugality, HCLE, housing, investing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, mortgage, New Road Map, NRM, personal finance, photos, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, social media, speaking, teaching, unemployment, walking, wealth, YMOYL, Your Money or Your Life
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Dynamic Times April 2013 Edition
“And here comes the wind . . . ” “. . . blowing in more change.” My quote . . . finished by a friend. It is windy this morning. Twenty knots or more in places. Others are more sheltered. … Continue reading
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Tagged personal finance, frugal, Scotland, stocks, writing, Financial Integrity, Whidbey, New Road Map, investing, wealth, photos, books, Drew Kampion, frugality, mortgage, Simple Living, jobs, unemployment, occupy, consulting, Ray Kurzweil, digital singularity, housing, drewslist, foreclosure, wealth disparity, climate change, inconvenient truth
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Incredible Changing Winds
The wind’s been blowing through Whidbey this week. Change is happening so quickly that hours after Wednesday’s news and blog my situation got better and worse, I heard more about others who hadn’t spoken before, offers of help included ideas … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, default, digital singularity, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, occupy, personal finance, Scotland, sequestration, Simple Living, singularity, stocks, unemployment, voluntary simplicity, wealth, Whidbey
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Frugal Examples
Great ideas come from outside my head. Imagining that we can do everything ourselves, being the ultimate independent, and exclusively self-made person may be noble ideals, marvelous accomplishments, and possibly delusions. As someone recently said, “you didn’t build that“, which … Continue reading
Shifting Dreams
A topic popped up again. I wanted to write about it because it fascinates me, but I’d already written about Shrinking House Dreams and alternative economies. Yet, the topic comes up in conversations, news reports, and celebratory events. That’s the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Economies, American Dream, boat, Currency, dancing, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, KWPA, live aboard, Money & Life, New Road Map, personal finance, RV, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, Tiny Houses, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Crossover Into A New World
We’ve reached the end of the stone calendar. Time to reset the Mayan clock back to zero. Considering everything I’ve been going through, waking up to a brand new world is appealing. Let me check; yep, looks about the same. … Continue reading
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Tagged 10000 rule, Art, books, consulting, crossover point, digital singularity, Financial Integrity, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, New Road Map, personal finance, photos, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, Step 8, stocks, teaching, wealth, Whidbey, writing, YMOYL
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Transition Assistance
It is a drumming rain this morning. Puget Sound weather was known for persistent drizzle with occasional sun breaks. It was good weather for rainbows. Lately, I’ve noticed a change. The environment is getting wetter, windier, and wilder. The meteorologists … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, Financial Integrity, Hearts and Hammers, Island County, jobs, New Road Map, personal finance, photos, Sandra Rodman, Scotland, speaking, teaching, unemployment, Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, Washington State, wealth, Whidbey, writing, YMOYL
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Affordable Luxuries
Giving thanks on Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I think it would make a fine global tradition. Okay folks, let’s pick a date that makes sense for everyone. The day after Thanksgiving I reflected on how much … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, Charity, consulting, dancing, entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, frugal, frugality, games, Langley, movies, music, photos, Scotland, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Living On Debt
Tough choices must be made. Amidst the cloud of abstractions and advice wrapped around people in economic hard times, this post is about a bit of reality. Yesterday is the first time I’ve sent in a bare fraction of … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, consulting, credit, credit card, debt, Financial Integrity, frugal, frugality, Golden Rule, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, personal finance, photos, Simple Living, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth
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My Jobs Report Month 14
Fourteen. What an anniversary. Fourteen months of applying, hoping, re-evaluating, trying other venues, updating resumes, trying to remember passwords for dozens of job sites, and following leads with a blend of enthusiasm and restraint. What’s an aerospace engineer, consultant, entrepreneur, … Continue reading
