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WWYD: Transition Gracefully or Get Your Digs In?
Every event life throws at us gives us the opportunity to choose our response to it. In our response and our interpretation of events is where our true power lies. If you doubt the power, read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning where the power to choose one’s response meant the difference between surviving and…
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Almost Debt Free: Leisure and Entertainment Without Incurring Debt
Last month I pondered the question if I sacrificed too much on my path to becoming debt free. Context then and context now is important. I wrote the article in response to a performance review from my employer stating that my 60+ hour workweeks were not sufficient. Naturally I was a bit annoyed, and I…
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Strategies to Help Cope with Higher Oil Prices
Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She’s written a few posts these past weeks on the topic of investing. These are her words… Strategies to Help Cope with Higher Oil Prices With oil prices up sharply during the past few years, many investors are worried about…
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Do I really need a financial advisor?
You wouldn’t operate on yourself, would you? Many people have asked me, “Why would I hire a financial planner? Wouldn’t it be better if I just invested in ‘no-load’ mutual funds, bought my own stock and signed up for term insurance on my own?” Good question. I have many “do-it-yourselfers” as friends, family and even…
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Where Does Your Money Go?
Recently my clients have been asking questions about budgets. The root of all their questions is really, “Where is my money going?” My catch-all professional answer is “Through consistent accounting and accurate reporting those questions can be answered easily.” Budgeting has been a hot topic in the personal finance world the past few weeks. The…
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Consumerism. Sinful?
I read different websites that answer this question, from the title, with varying degrees of opinions. They vary from the thought that consumerism is bad and people should throw out their TV set, to others who believe spending and shopping is an American right of passage. I swing back and forth; do I believe consumerism…
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Bottled Water: Healthy Indulgence or Marketing Ploy?
“Bottled water is the fastest-growing major beverage category in the U.S.” — Forbes magazine How much do you spend each month on bottled water? I have no idea really but I drink a bottle (1.5 Liters) everyday and although we buy in bulk, I suspect that our bottled water expenditure is between $20 and $30…
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Acknowledging Something Queer on a Resume
Now that I’m out of a job, there will be times I feel compelled to address career topics as they arise in my own job hunt. The first topic that comes to mind is a delicate issue. My intent is to provoke discussion about how different people respond to a certain label and hopefully come…
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Considering the Individual Insurance Policy
I have never been without health insurance. It has been one of those necessary, expected standards imposed upon me since before I was responsible for my own health care. My parents made it clear that it was as essential as food, and insuring oneself is the primary piece of advice in almost any financial management…
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Queer talk about corporate money
“To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.” — John Henry Patterson A few weeks ago, Moorea wrote a post called Corporate America Loves Queers!? that talks about how her local Gay Pride has become decidedly more corporate. She explained that there is a history of how Pride got to be so corporate in…
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