If you’re among the fortunate few, you not only have a job you love, but one that will earn you at least a decent living over a sustained period of time.
For all too many Americans, however, that’s a pipedream. Many of them toil away at jobs they detest, but that pay the bills. After a [...]
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Get to the Polaris Point
Written by Jeffrey Steele - One Comment
Published on December 8th, 2011 - One Comment
Filed under: Planning, Working
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The Shift and the Shaft
Written by Jeffrey Steele - 14 Comments
Do you find that $20 bill in your pocket evaporating faster than ever, and your paychecks taking you shorter and shorter distances? It’s no hallucination. There’s a shift going on. It’s a shift helping ensure the comfortable middle-class lifestyles our parents enjoyed become as obsolete as an eight-track tape player.
Costs once borne by better-heeled folks [...]
Published on November 8th, 2011 - 14 Comments
Filed under: Economy, Taxes, Working
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Filed under: Economy, Taxes, Working
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Ain’t-Trepreneurs
Written by Jeffrey Steele - 3 Comments
Surf the web or browse popular magazines and newspapers, and you’ll find lots of insights about the opportunities and risks of being your own boss. But given the sky-high rate of small business failure, there can never be too much written on the topic.
I’m no Steve Jobs, but I believe I’ve got something to say [...]
Published on October 20th, 2011 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Self Employment, Working
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Ideas for Earning Extra Money
Written by Ed Avis - 2 Comments
Busy people could sometimes — okay, always — use a little extra cash. But getting a normal part-time job is not feasible for many people. Who wants to be tied down to regular hours at the local diner when your kids might need a ride to soccer practice or help with their homework?
Skip the creepy [...]
Published on October 13th, 2011 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Working
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Money vs. Happiness: Which Would You Choose?
Written by Nickel - 17 Comments
“Money can’t buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.”
-Spike Milligan
Over the past week, you may have seen some headlines about a recent study that found many people will choose money over happiness. After looking more closely at the actual results of this study, I’m not so sure that’s [...]
Published on October 5th, 2011 - 17 Comments
Filed under: Working
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Being Retired? That’s So Tired
Written by Jeffrey Steele - 3 Comments
The American paradigm for decades was that you worked for an employer your entire life. Then at 65, you were feted at a retirement party, handed a gold watch by your boss, and sent off on a serene path into your Golden Years.
After 40 or 50 years savoring all the good things about work life [...]
Published on September 13th, 2011 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Retirement, Saving & Investing, Working
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Finding a Job When You’re Unemployed
Written by Nickel - 12 Comments
Talk about kicking someone when they’re down… If you’re currently unemployed, you’ll be disappointed to learn that an increasing number of job openings require you to be currently employed or you won’t be considered.
As bad as this sounds, this practice isn’t considered to be discriminatory because unemployment is not a “protected status” like age or [...]
Published on August 23rd, 2011 - 12 Comments
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Robbery in the First Degree
Written by Jeffrey Steele - 10 Comments
It was once considered gospel that, for most families, college educations were the second largest expenses they would ever assume, right after buying a home.
But the way college costs are rising (and home values are decreasing), I’m not sure college educations haven’t graduated into first place. Of course, a funny thing happened on the way [...]
Published on August 4th, 2011 - 10 Comments
Filed under: Education, Working
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Does Early Retirement Make You Live Longer? (Updated)
Written by Nickel - 23 Comments
Over the weekend, I ran across a fascinating study that suggests that retiring early can significantly increase your lifespan. This work was based on an analysis of longevity data from former Boeing Aerospace, and it concluded that “for every year one works beyond age 55, one loses 2 years of life span on average.”
Here are [...]
Published on June 15th, 2011 - 23 Comments
Filed under: Retirement, Working
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Six Ways Kids Can Earn Extra Money
Written by Guest Contributor - 3 Comments
This is a guest post from Ed Avis.
Kids have earned money for generations by selling lemonade, walking neighbors’ dogs, and mowing lawns. Those ideas still work, but maybe your kids want something a little more clever or out-of-the-box. Here are six unconventional ways kids can make money.
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Every spring homeowners around the country dig holes [...]
Published on May 31st, 2011 - 3 Comments
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