Since I was a young girl, I’ve been trying to fit into someone else’s mold. I’ve always been looking over at the cool kids table and wanting to be them. I desperately wanted to fit into someone else’s suit: mine was just too damn itchy and uncomfortable. I hated my hair. I hated my teeth. [...]
It’s funny how I find things on the web. It’s rather like the way that I think in general. I have one thought, which leads to something totally unrelated, which leads to something else. You might call this ADHD; I call it a serendipitous way to gather and organize information—by association.
But I digress.
This afternoon, I [...]
People…don’t…change.
If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard that a million times. People are who they are, who they are. I remember my mother telling me that when I was little. Then, as I got older and started to have my own relationships, I remember her telling me that people won’t change for you.
Boy, was [...]
Today, I sat at my desk trying to find an excuse, any excuse not to go meet with my financial planner about my 401k rollover. I say that as though I have been meeting with her for a long time. Quite the contrary, this was only my second meeting.
I had my grumpy pants on. I [...]
The Myth of the Marketing
When I first started out as a Marketing Manager for a 500 person organization, I realized something very, very early: everyone’s a gosh darn marketer.
Okay, that’s the PG version of EAGDM; I’ll let you use your imagination to figure out what I really call it. But whatever we call it, one [...]
The following is a guest post from Rob Kuban who writes at DollarsAndDoctrine.com for Christian Personal Finance and used with permission from Christian Personal Finance. I believe that this post falls in line with our “gratitude” challenge this week!
“There’s nothing to eat,” I murmured to myself as I stood staring endlessly into my kitchen [...]
It’s “Technology Tuesday” here at helpyourselfblog.com – the day that I give whatever help that I can on all things technological. Today, I’ll be discussing the top three reasons that I use Twitter and a little background on the application. Despite its popularity, I have found that many people still don’t really understand Twitter or [...]
I spent the weekend with my family to celebrate my mother’s 68th birthday. Visiting my mother is always just a little bit stressful because, though I love my mother dearly, she is very, very negative. I tell myself that this is not her fault. She has had a rough life. In fact, if you ask [...]
For those of you who follow helpyourselfblog.com, you know that we recently completed our first challenge here. The premise was simple: there are seven pillars to effective health, the first of which is water. If you’re struggling to get your water intake everyday, here are five simple ways to do it.
Start Small.
This may seem [...]
The other day, I was cleaning out an old wallet when I found a check—for $12 big ones! One problem: it was expired. Now, I am not a wealthy woman; my family is firmly entrenched in the middle class. That $12 would have come in handy back in July 2007, when it expired. I sat [...]