Cash Money Life

My wife and I recently took a voluntary $20,000 per year reduction in income - after taxes. Before you question why we voluntarily chose to do this, you have to understand the full situation. My wife was in the US military and her job required her to work very long hours and irregular schedules. Weekends [...]

Yesterday I wrote, Are You Taking Enough Vacation? My answer to that was “no, I am not!” Well, thankfully, my wife and I have an upcoming two week vacation, and we are very excited about it.
While I admit I haven’t been taking enough time awayfrom work, I don’t think I am alone in [...]

The 3-day weekend we had for Labor Day was wonderful! My wife and I had a relaxing weekend, which was just what we needed. We did some hiking, cleaned around the house, went shopping for our upcoming vacation, and did a lot of relaxing. I even got to watch a ballgame on TV. It was [...]

One little word has so much meaning. Lately, I have had a little bit of trouble with my own productivity. I say lately, but I realize now that I have never been the most efficient person. My mantra has always been - “put tasks off until right before they are do, scramble like heck, complete [...]

How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the best known books on interpersonal relationships. It was first published in 1937 by Dale Carnegie, and it has been in near continuous print ever since. Though the book was written over 70 years ago, that does not mean the book is obsolete!
In fact, How [...]