In the need for profit, in order to sustain ourselves, we sometimes get carried away into greed. Greed, as I mentioned earlier, is not a sustainable philosophy - even if some might suggest it is a fun way to live your life. Eventually, someone has to pay for your greed, and if it isn’t your [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Turning the Sales Logic Inside-Out
Posted in deal or no deal, sustainable wealth, tagged consumerism, deals, greed, sales on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
How Much Does Our Pedal Power Save?
Posted in frugality, tagged cart, gas mileage, groceries on March 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Ever since I took that lovely stroll to the local market, I’ve been wondering if I should do this more often. The only thing that kept me from doing it was the fact that I would have too many groceries to carry back home at one time. Also, lazy as it may seem, I didn’t [...]
Holding the Rudder Steady in a Perfect Storm
Posted in health and wealth, removing obstacles, tagged divine, economic collapse, Germain, I AM statements, peak oil, source on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you aren’t aware of the convergence of different sectors of our economy that seem to be poised to create a perfect storm of potential economic catastrophes, you must be one of the few. The media has been trumpeting bad news since they first were created as bad news seems to sell a whole lot [...]
Community and Sustainability
Posted in sustainable wealth, tagged capitalism, community, sustainability on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been trying to figure out how to build community within our self-centered, capitalistic, system. It doesn’t seem like the two go hand-in-hand. I remember I tried to set up a community freelance site for writers and it flopped before I got it done. I think it didn’t work because people don’t want to [...]
What Argentina Can and Can’t Teach Us
Posted in saving your soul, survival, tagged economic collapse, source, supplies, survival on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I am fascinated by some of the stories of economic collapse, like Argentina in late 1990’s and early 2000’s. The bankruptcy of a previously rich country like Argentina holds a number of lessons for all countries, not the least of which is the United States. As the stock market veers precariously up and down and [...]
Thinking about setting up additional freelancing profiles
Posted in sustainable wealth on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been pretty fortunate in the past to be able to get contract jobs through word of mouth and referrals. I’ve actually had very few jobs I’ve had to go after and bid on. However, the economy is doing some screwy things lately, and I am wondering about setting up additional online profiles. Setting up [...]
Our Busy Lives…
Posted in basics, friendship, tagged busy, friends, simplicity on March 1, 2008 | No Comments »
So, here I am. I’m taking a full load in my Master’s program, working at home as a single mother, and now trying to figure out how much I can give to helping my friend who has the brain tumor. February was a complete blur. I notice that other people too have very busy lives [...]
