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My Jobs Report Month 18
Eighteen months. My job search has gone from regrettable but an opportunity to dive into old passions (before regular job reports), to surprise it was taking so long (at nine months) and putting my home on the market, to temporary … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, consulting, entrepreneur, HCLE, housing, investing, jobs, Lottery, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, personal finance, photos, Scotland, self publishing, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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PicoP Ala Newton
I like to look ahead. I like to guess at trends and watch them develop. That skill, talent, and habit is why I live on Whidbey Island. It is why I invest in individual stocks. Decades of looking ahead is … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, bicycling, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, investing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, picop, Scotland, Simple Living, stocks, trends, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey
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The Day Before
On Thursday, a meteor blew up over Russia. On Wednesday, there was plenty of press preparing people for an asteroid that would pass by on Friday. So, even when millions were ready to watch the skies for one cosmic event, … Continue reading
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Tagged 10000 hour rule, AMSC, books, consulting, entrepreneur, housing, investing, jobs, Madrona, meteor, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, NORAD, paleo, personal finance, RSOL, self publishing, stocks, teaching, tiny house, Tiny Houses, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Small Recoveries
Try to remember. Try to remember those days when there was actual enthusiasm when people talked about stocks. The Irrational Exuberance era was appropriately named, but its negative over-reaction hasn’t worn the title it deserves: Irrational Revulsion. For the last … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Dendreon, DNDN, GAIA, Gaiam, housing, investing, LTBH, micro cap, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, occupy, personal finance, Provenge, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, small cap, solar power, stocks, Tres Amigas, wealth
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Choose Your Emotion
“Tom, how’s it going?” With a week like these last seven days, the answer changes with the hour. Luckily, my walk across Scotland was a lesson in picking my emotions. Events trigger emotions as ever, but because of a revelation … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, dancing, emotions, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, Langley, LinkedIn, mortgage, personal finance, renaissance, Scotland, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Renaissance Rebirth
Something’s up and I don’t know what, but it may be an epochal change in civilization. Such a change makes me question my assumptions, including those behind my book, Dream. Invest. Live., that is the basis for this blog. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, Dream. Invest. Live., earthquake, Facebook, first world, HCLE, investing, Khan Academy, Medici, occupy, personal finance, rebirth, renaissance, Simple Living, Solomon Islands, teaching, third world, transformation, travel, tsunami, water, wealth, wikipedia, YouTube
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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
Propane Check
Ta da! Yesterday my business received the largest check in over a year, which was appropriate because it was compensation for the largest work package for a client in over a year. The mail was delivered just before lunch. I … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, dancing, entrepreneur, Facebook, frugal, frugality, HCLE, health care, housing, job, jobs, Langley, mortgage, personal finance, Simple Living, social media, speaking, teaching, Twitter, Whidbey, WordPress, writing
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Pesky Raccoons
Pesky raccoons. One of them woke me this morning, two hours before dawn. It was in the carport, successfully knocking over a garbage can. Of course, I didn’t know what was making the sound until I opened the door. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, birthday, Charity, consulting, dancing, dining, dreams, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, jobs, Langley, Mike Rowe, mortgage, personal finance, photos, poverty, raccoons, recycle, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, spirituality, stocks, teaching, TED talks, unemployment, wealth, whales, Whidbey, writing
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Maritime Ties
My condolences to those people who have birthdays close to Christmas. It is so easy for them to miss out on gifts. I, however, am lucky enough to have my birthday in January; which means that whatever I didn’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, Christmas, dancing, Family, gifts, investing, knots, Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine Veterans, personal finance, Puget Sound, sailing, Salish Sea, shipping lanes, stocks, Whidbey
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