Bagged lunches…crisp clean notebooks….new clothes…kids across the U.S. have headed back to school to learn new math, geography and history concepts. One lesson they won’t be taught in the classroom, however, is arguably one of the most important for their [...]
September 18, 2013
Easy Street
Living in mega mansions…driving shiny, new sports cars….vacationing in hot spots around the globe…wearing designer duds…these are all trappings of a rich life. We’re taught from birth that acquiring wealth and being rich will give you the best life possible. [...]
August 7, 2013
Easy Street
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to go a week without spending any money. Pay your bills, and follow your daily routine as much as possible, but spend no money on the “extras” that you typically would. [...]
June 26, 2013
Easy Street
Here comes the bride…and the bills. Planning a wedding can be extremely expensive, not only for the bride and groom but for their guests as well! Guests often end up spending a lot of money attending a couple’s big day. [...]
Traveling the world, meeting new, interesting people and being paid to write about your adventures… isn’t that a dream many of us have? And I’m not talking about bumming around on the cheap, surviving on bread and wine (as I [...]
Next week I’ll be writing to you from the road. I will be in the great state of New York for a college graduation party. Mr. Patterson’s youngest cousin is graduating and we’re going to the party. We haven’t been [...]
June 20, 2012
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June 17th . Don’t worry my brain hasn’t gone to mush–not yet at least. I know that date is still a few days away. I’m telling you, you’ve got just five days left till Father’s Day. Yea, it’s freak out [...]
June 13, 2012
Easy Street
How I Told The Grinch to F*%$ OFF!! 2010 will be another tough holiday season to get through, financially speaking. It’s been like this for the past three or four years. So by now I’ve developed a few tricks to [...]
November 24, 2010
Easy Street
The latest labor department statistics say that 6.3 million Americans have been unemployed for six months or longer, which is the largest number of unemployed workers since the government began keeping track in 1948. That number is more than double [...]
February 24, 2010
Easy Street