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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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Personal Tax Inequity
I paid lower taxes when I was rich. Yesterday I did my taxes. I knew it would be bad, but didn’t know how bad. It turns out, the less I’ve made the more I’ve paid. That’s not right. Add tax … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bankruptcy, consulting, housing, income, inequity, investing, IRA, jobs, LTBH, mortgage, NBC, occupy, personal finance, poverty, Simple Living, stocks, taxes, unemployment, wealth
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Lay Off Dreams
I had a dream last night. Don’t we all? My dream touched on a friend’s reality, my past, and a consideration of my present. It was a lay off dream. That’s a new theme. And it felt like a good … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, dancing, Dream. Invest. Live., exercise, FAFAJ, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, income disparity, jbs, jobs, laid-off, layoff, Maryann Etchells, meditation, mortgage, New Road Map, personal finance, Simple Living, social media, unemployment, wealth, wealth disparity, Whirling Dreams
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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 books, climate change, consulting, digital singularity, Drew Kampion, drewslist, Financial Integrity, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, housing, inconvenient truth, investing, jobs, mortgage, New Road Map, occupy, personal finance, photos, Ray Kurzweil, Scotland, Simple Living, stocks, unemployment, wealth, wealth disparity, Whidbey, writing
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Housing Redefined
A local landslide makes international news because homes are involved. A real estate market is bubbling up along the west coast. Friends are making tiny houses. People are downsizing. Estates are being settled that involve magnificent houses. And of course, … Continue reading
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Tagged downsizing, Dream. Invest. Live., foreclosure, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, real estate, Simple Living, stocks, Tiny Houses, wealth, Whidbey
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Fell For It
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” And who said comic strips don’t contain wisdom? That line is from Pogo, a classic and cancelled comic strip. I’ll make it personal. I have met the enemy and it is … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, crowdfunding, emotions, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, indiegogo, investing, jobs, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, Simple Living, stocks, tiny house, wealth
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Gnawing On A Rock
“He’s worrying that like a dog gnaws a bone.” It is good to take time to consider, well, anything; mostly because for many, it is uncommon to take time for contemplation in today’s frenetic world. A dog knows there’s always … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, books, Charity, consulting, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, GIG, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, photos, RSOL, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, Twitter, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Slow Disaster Preparedness
Who came up with the word, “preparedness”? Preparations should be good enough. Regardless, one of the signs of adult responsibility is being prepared for disasters. FEMA and the Red Cross suggest each of us having days of supplies and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., earthquake, estate planning, FEMA, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, personal finance, Red Cross, resourcefulness, Simple Living, stocks, storms, survivalist, tsunami, unemployment, volcano, volcanoes, Whidbey
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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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Notice Foreclosure Notice
Yesterday I got the call. The mortgage company called, and in a rare case, I answered. In their usual manner, they delivered the news that they will begin foreclosure on my house on March 17th. I can’t recall their quote … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, dancing, debt, entrepreneur, foreclosure, frugal, home, house, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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