Category: Hints
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Moving is an expensive proposition
I’ve mentioned in a previous post that Jason and I are renovating a property. The moving van shows up tomorrow and, almost immediately, this new property will become home. Thanks to Jason, tomorrow morning, I will leave our current house, work a full day, and return to our brand new home later that…
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Queercents Weekly Roundup: Welcome to Winter
In the middle of this week, when I was taking my lunchtime walk around the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, I noticed that instead of gazing at all the brightly colored trees I was shoving my hands in my pockets and pushing against the wind. It’s barely December, but winter season spending has been on…
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MBA for Free: Business School via iTunes
‘œWhen it comes to success in business, an MBA degree is optional. But a GSD, which is only earned by Getting Stuff Done, is required.’ ‘“ Christine Comaford-Lynch So the title of this post (the MBA for Free part) is a bit of a stretch, but it begs the follow up question: who has the…
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Git’˜er done for Free
There are a lot of places online to get things done’¦and many times you won’t have to shell out a dime. I remember back in the late 1990’s coming across a website called Craigslist. Anytime I have moved, I have used Craigslist to sell those things that I didn’t want to haul to a new…
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How to Prevent Identity Theft
‘œCleaning up after identity theft is a marathon, not a sprint. Prepare your mind accordingly.’ ‘“ Frank Mellott In the United States, tomorrow is known as Black Friday, typically one of the biggest shopping days of the year as it launches the traditional holiday buying season. Some of you might also recognize it as Buy…
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Free Tools for Helping You Become a Better Communicator
Here is a guest post about time, money and free tools by my friend, Colleen Wainwright aka The Communicatrix. These are her words… There are a million ways to waste time on the Internet, but if you approach a lot of them with the right attitude, they quickly morph into terrific, f-r-e-e tools for helping…
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Financially Organized: Receipts
In the last installment of Financially Organized we organized your bank statements. These gems contain the bulk of your financial information but they don’t list all the information you’ll need. Unfortunately, we have to keep receipts too. Those pesky slips of paper litter our wallets, purses, homes and lives. Your receipts contain details of the…
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A Good Loan at Prosper
It has been a while since I updated you on my Prosper experience. The little loan that I took out has been paid back early, as that was my original goal and I wanted to test out the process. I was able to secure a 1k loan at 18% – it was bid down from…
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Financially Organized: Getting Caught Up
The end of the 3rd quarter of this year is over. The calendar shows it yet I’m in disbelief. Halloween is Wednesday and that means October 31st! Scary thought, isn’t it! Many of us just filed our 2006 tax returns two weeks ago. Now another year has almost passed and many of us have disorganized…
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How Professionally Productive Is Voice Mail?
As few as 3-4 years ago the question would have been “what makes a productive voice mail?” (Seriously check the date on that one). Today’s question does not pre-suppose the premise that voice mail is productive. Email’s productivity has also long been questioned for its productivity. In my work life and in the lives of…
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