1. Discern where the motivation is coming from: you or your child. Take a step back and honestly evaluate the activities, teams, organizations, and clubs your child is enrolled in. Is the underlying motivation truly the welfare of your child? Or are there personal motivations shaping your decisions: succumbing to pressure, Read more
So let’s review a huge list of abdominal exercise substitutions: 1) Replace crunches with: Planks, mountain climbers, and stability ball jackknives 2) Replace cross-crunches (i.e. twisting or oblique crunches) with: Side planks and cross-body mountain climbers 3) Replace sit-ups with: Stability ball jackknives, stability ball planks, stability ball pikes, stability Read more
Of course saving money and getting a workout could help a lot of people feel more satisfied with life in general, but there are plenty of reasons why this in particular can make commuters happier. Walking or biking generally means you have to plan further ahead and you’re in less Read more
It is not new news that exercise is an important factor of a healthy lifestyle. If you’re in some sort of physical practice, be it CrossFit, yoga, or endurance training, and are looking to upgrade your performance, enhance your longevity, and get in touch with the physical, it could be Read more
By being open about your side gig, you make scheduling a social life or family events a lot easier. When everyone knows you have another job or jobs you’re committed to, they’re often more understanding of your schedule. Keep in mind that your employer may not allow or be pleased Read more
But because we spend our time thinking about it so often, we forget that money is just the tool to help us reach our vision. Money is a means that allows us to reach our end goals. The reason you hear people say that money can’t buy happiness is because Read more
… Compound interest happens when you earn interest off of the interest you’ve already earned. So in financial terms, if you invest $100 and make 10% on it each year, you’d have $110. The compounding part comes in when the interest is calculated based on that new total. Instead of Read more
You’ll sometimes hear these days that 30 is the new 20, and the importance of moving towards career, relationship, and finance goals in your twenties gets overlooked. When it comes to the latter category, it may seem like getting your financial house in order is something you can work on Read more
You see, and I stand as proof of this, the more we experience joy in life, the more we can’t wait to get up and start living it. On a very small scale, compare the worker who hates his job and the one who loves it. The man or woman Read more
Basically, you’ll have to decide whether to: Stay on track with your goals and replenish your emergency fund later, or ; Reduce your savings/debt goals or put them on hold until your income picks back up. If you choose Option 1, you’ll simply stick to your goals and add them Read more