When you freelance, you have dizzyingly, busy, periods and frightfully, stagnant, business cycles. After a couple of years of doing this, I realize that there are some months that are very slow. January and August are typically very poor months for freelance writing. The reason for this is because January follows December (when there [...]
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Business Marketing Strategies For Down Cycles
Posted in basics, survival, sustainable wealth, tagged business marketing strategies, economic slowdown, market trends on August 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Lame Buyers In Down Real Estate Market
Posted in sustainable wealth on July 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, it doesn’t look like I’ll have a problem selling my home, even if I did have a buyer back out. She was sent to my attorney, and now she is trying to weasel out of her deal without bothering to put it in writing, hoping that out of my big heart I will just [...]
Woke up, and realized that loss is the same as gain…
Posted in manifesting wealth, removing obstacles, sustainable wealth, tagged finance, gain, loss, mandala, money on June 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Just, wait a minute and hear me out. You know there are always two sides to one coin and that coin is still money, even if you are on the heads side or whether you are on the tail side. What difference does it make which way it lands? The only reason we think [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Are You a Tech Addict? It’ll Cost You!
Posted in saving your soul, simplicity, sustainable wealth, tagged addiction, boycott, digital picture frame, sustainability, technology on February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m going to tell you something few people know about me: I have a mechanical engineering degree. You know, with that little secret out you would think that I am a huge tech fan, but it’s quite the opposite! I used to be one of those tech nerds that loved every new gizmo and technology [...]
Long Life, Your Health, and Retirement
Posted in sustainable wealth, tagged disbursement, health, lifespan, retirement on February 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
No one likes to think about death, but when you are trying to plan retirement you have to sort of guess at when you’re going to die. The average lifespan of a woman is 79 years versus a man’s 73 years. Yet, somehow, we all think we’re going to live forever. We know we aren’t [...]
Sustainable Living To Increase Spiritual Wealth
Posted in sustainable wealth, tagged conservation, green, water on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the things that makes me hopeful about our present day culture is the continuing emphasis on greening our economy. Here in Raleigh, the drought has raised awareness on how we use water and how to conserve water. We have lots of work to do, but there are public measures being put in place [...]
