Financial Insights for the Real World
As a new or expectant parent you always hear about how expensive babies are. You know with all the new baby stuff, the diapers, the college funds etc., it can seem overwhelming.
However, there are ways to keep baby costs down and I’m here to tell you that there are certain areas of your life where having a baby can save you money!
Enjoy this list of interesting and unexpected ways that having a baby can save you money!
Continue reading “5 Unexpected Ways That Having a Baby Can Save You Money”As I prepare for a second maternity leave I’ve debated whether or not I should continue to do some freelance work while I’m at home with a new baby and toddler…you know, in all my FREE time!
Ha.
I’m just starting to get into a rhythm with my freelance writing and I don’t want to lose this momentum while I’m off of work for a year.
I always start the day with great intentions.
Or, let’s backup a little further.
I always plan my next day with great ambitions.
At 11:00pm, right before I’m about to go to sleep I like to make a ‘to do’ list for the following day.
This is my type A, adult version of a goodnight story. It lulls me into a comfortable slumber.
Continue reading “Why is it so Hard to Get Started? - And How to be Productive”I’ve never given much thought to what will happen to my parents stuff when they are gone. Mainly because I don’t care about their stuff. I care about them, and I don’t like to think about a life without them in it.
I got a very different perspective when my sister-in-law and her husband were visiting us last week. After dinner, and a few glasses of wine, they started talking about all of the things they felt should be theirs when my in-laws are gone.
Continue reading “No One Owes you Anything”When I was 12 years old my family moved to a new city for my father’s job. We relocated to an area where people had more money than we did.
My dad had great career and was able to financially support our family so my mom could be at home with me and my two younger siblings. By most accounts we were very fortunate. We were a happy, healthy middle class family.
I’ve always dreamed of being my own boss.
When I was a little kid I was all about the lemonade stands. I would set up my stand at the end of our driveway and hustle for hours.
When I was a teenager I had grand ideas of opening my own Baby-Sitters Club.
For those of you who are too young to know what I’m talking about, the Baby-Sitters Club was a series of books about a bunch of junior high girlfriends who got together to open a day camp for little kids…of course fun and shenanigans ensued.
In 1995 there was even a Baby-Sitters Club movie. I was in grade 5 and this was THE movie to see in theater! Continue reading “What is Freelance Writing and Why Should I Care?”
When I was graduating university for the first time in 2008 and struggling to find a job I remember my friends and I saying, “today having a four year degree is equivalent to our parents having a high school degree…it just isn’t enough.”
So, when I couldn’t find a job in the depths of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, what was the answer?
Well, more school of course.
In order for me to get a job I needed to go back to school and do another degree, or two. So, that’s what I did.
I recently read that Google, Apple and 13 other companies are no longer requiring employees to have a college degree. Continue reading “An End to the Reign of the Four Year Degree?”