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You Are Not Your Job
A friend lost a job. How often have you heard that one? How often has it been their fault? Lately, losing a job means a corporation downsized, outsourced, or randomly re-organized. Decades ago losing a job probably meant doing something … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, entrepreneur, FAFAJ, housing, investing, jobs, LinkedIn, mortgage, personal finance, philanthropy, photos, Retirement, social media, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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Personal Trust Diversification
Here’s my plan. It’s Saturday, the day I tend (with several long lapses in recent years) to post about investing and the markets. Here’s reality. It’s Saturday and the more cyber-astute are reacting to and recovering from Heartbleed, a phenomenal … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, books, consulting, cryptocurrency, diversification, frugal, Heartbleed, Internet, investing, occupy, personal finance, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, trust, Vatican
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When Free Costs Too Much
It happens surprisingly often. Eager, compassionate people appreciate and understand a fellow human’s hardship and heartache, then offer something valuable for free. Confusion scrunches their face as their offer is turned down from someone who couldn’t afford to buy the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, Charity, compassion, consulting, entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, jobs, Langley, mortgage, New Road Map, photos, social media, speaking, teaching, wealth, Whidbey
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How Far We Have Come
Spy cameras were probably never this good. Saturday I’ll help teach a class in iPhone Photography, but I’ll take creative license and talk about how to take pictures with tiny cameras. I’ll take license partly because tiny cameras are everywhere, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, economy, education, Facebook, HCLE, inequality, iphone, New Road Map, NRM, photography, photos, social media, teaching
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Thanksgiving 2013
A short and random list of thanks: Most prominent considering Monday’s meeting: Thanks to whoever pushed for and passed the homeowner protection regulations and legislation And then, thanks to: The flora and fauna that sustain me Friends and Family that … Continue reading
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Tagged frugality, Simple Living, speaking, teaching, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Simple Social Media Choices
Social media. We’ve got to come up with a better term for it than that. That’s like calling a dance party an “aerobics and conversation congregation”. Yes it may be correct, but “dance party” is a lot more fun. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, consulting, Facebook, Ferengi, frugal, frugality, Google+, klout, LinkedIn, philanthropy, Pinterest, Reputation based economy, Simple Living, social media, Socrates, teaching, Twitter, WICEC
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A Possible Prelude Of Optimism
I have a litany of optimism. Regular readers have read it before: stocks, consulting, books, photos, house sale, windfalls. I’ve spent the last three years recovering from stagnant finances that then imploded. My litany of optimism has been a daily … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, books, consulting, Coupeville, dancing, David Sharpe, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, Facebook, foreclosure, housing, investing, Just Keep Pedaling, mortgage, MVIS, optimism, personal finance, photos, RSOL, Savvy Caddy, self publishing, social media, stocks, teaching, tiny house, whidbeyfocus
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Uninterrupted Momentum
Well, I won’t be mowing a lawn tonight. Life’s too busy. Work’s too busy. Well, work’s busy, not busy enough, but too busy for most of what I call life, including even mowing my own lawn. The rest of life … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bicycle, books, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, photos, Scotland, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Early Harvests
It is harvest time, a little early for harvest festivals, but gardeners are already trying to cook, freeze, can, dry, or give away crops that are coming in faster than they can eat them. That’s a good year. In lean … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, Charity, consulting, CSA, Dream. Invest. Live., early retirement, entrepreneur, farmers market, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, Greenbank, housing, investing, Karate, LTBH, mortgage, personal finance, photos, quantitative easing, Retirement, Simple Living, sole-proprietor, stocks, teaching, Tilth, WCLT, wealth, Whidbey
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Triple Whammy Second Anniversary
Some anniversaries aren’t celebrated, but can be recognized. Two years ago I felt like I was hit by a Triple Whammy. As I said then, “my semi-sustainable lifestyle is at least temporarily threatened“. I re-read that post and am pondering … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, books, consulting, dancing, Dendreon, DNDN, entrepreneur, foreclosure, housing, investing, jobs, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, photos, Provenge, Scotland, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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