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Buy Low Sell High
I love asking for nuggets of wisdom, often people will tell me the first thing that comes to their heads, and I kind of love that. I get to hear what they’re currently thinking about or at least something that has stuck with them. So when I heard “buy low sell high” from a family member, I knew there was something there. I want to break down the phrase, the idea it’s getting as is that anything you buy you should try and purchase at a good value, whether it’s a low-cost item or a higher cost item, you should almost never be paying more than the quality/value demands. There…
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Pin-Ball
My grandparents have a lot of cool antiques in their home. Our current family favorite is their pinball machine. We played it at Christmas and almost every time we come over now we squeeze in a game. It’s fun to enjoy the old machine as it’s from 1962 and try to beat each other’s score. My aunt has the high score right now, I’m…working on it. From simple toys and games, to old board games, these items still have value in today’s culture. These toys are often simple but well made, and still fun. That isn’t to diminish the value of new technology and the good toys and games it…
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An Hour Saved is an Hour Earned
If you haven’t heard it before, time is precious. I realized at my temp job today that the phrase a penny saved is a penny earned could also be related to time in a way. Since temp work is paid hourly us contract workers are more aware of each hour passing at various points during the day. When anyone earns money you can technically always break it down to how much you earn an hour. I remember thinking this way back in high school, and so when I was at the store considering a purchase, or at a restaurant considering my order, for instance, I would think of how many…
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Professional Lures
On my Praxis program call tonight, a couple of us participants had our business profiles analyzed. One of my main takeaways was that I need to incorporate catchy titles onto my work to encourage click-throughs. What immediately came to mind was “click-bait” which one of the advisors promptly edited to professional “click-bait”. Click through is so important, if you’re not putting out compelling enough titles to get people to click on links they won’t see more of your content, and you can’t nurture a relationship through that, they have to see what you’re about but you also need to show (read: prove) them that they’ll see something of value to…
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Looking for your first place? Wondering if you should buy or rent? Here’s a guide:
We all know people in both boats, some people jump right into apartment living, perhaps with roommates, others decide to purchase a home/condo and make it their own. While I’ve learned the benefits to both ways at different times, my goal is to buy a place as soon as possible. Let me fill you in on the whys, and which benefits each choice presents. That said, apartments, homes, and condos all have their distinct advantages. To help you make the decision that’s best for you, here’s a brief overview of the pros/cons for each option along with my own personal recommendation at the end. First, apartments. One of the biggest…
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Rainy Day
Some of my favorite things to do on rainy days: Watch TV/movies – preferably something old, ideally Singin’ in the Rain Read – either a magazine or a book Head to the mall where I can still walk around, and potentially get shopping done Play a good board game with friends or family Learn something new on the internet Write Hope that there’s an indoor swing dance to go to that evening Try a puzzle, whether its a sudoku from the newspaper or something I found online Find something new to do when it’s raining. Whether or not it’s raining today where you live, know that every day has value…
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What Degree of Use?
I’ve met many people with doctorates with great success, I’ve also met people who got a certificate from a tech school with great success, I also know people with a high school diploma alone that have had great success. The other day I met a person with a masters degree who was doing the same work next to me at a temp job. I’ve also heard of high school dropouts who run companies, the thing is I’ve honestly I’ve heard of people at all levels of education who own companies. So why do I say all of this? Well, sometimes it doesn’t matter the level of education you’ve achieved if…
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An Unexpected Toy
I was born in the ’90s so I remember a time in my life without the influence of computers. But my sister and I started using computers in late elementary school, and during our last year of homeschool, our parents made my dad’s old computer, the “homeschool” computer. It’s where my sister and I would play computer games, learned to type, logged into our Webkinz accounts, and where we’d later log into our first social media account (Shoutlife, if you were curious). It was also at the desk where my mom often made homeschool lesson plans and graded our assignments. My sister and I didn’t have cell phones until about…
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The Beauty in Goodbye’s and Hellos
Saying goodbye can be beautiful in that it can mean a good end, a fond farewell, and a wish of a happy future for someone even if you’re not a part of it. I still cry at goodbyes in my life and in the movies, but it’s a good kind of cry. Goodbyes can be hard though. When you don’t know what’s next, when you don’t expect it or when it has to be in the middle of something and it isn’t as positive of a break. There’s still learning and value often in those moments, but that doesn’t make them easier. Saying hello is often exciting for me as…
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Following a Char(actor)
See what I did there? 🙂 We all have our favorite characters on the big screen and small screen, and often if we enjoy it enough we look for the actor’s other work online Although it can sometimes be fun to follow your favorite actor or actress, I’ve learned that its often detrimental to like the actor(ress) more than the characters of theirs that you’ve actually enjoyed and have seen value in. I know there’s such a thing as being versatile as an actor, but I think this has its limits, you have to be a good judge of the material and people you’re dealing with. I’ve loved certain characters,…
