Mindset
Why I Write the Things I Do
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Lately, as I’ve been reading other debt blogs, I’ve been realizing there’s a big difference between my circumstances and most everybody else.
For instance, yesterday I wrote about expanding yourself, including your income. This is a natural thought to me because I’m self-employed. I run my own business. But most people have jobs. So the idea […]
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Focus on Debt, But Not Too Much
Monday, November 26th, 2007Lately, I’ve been thinking about debt a lot. How much we have, how to pay it off as quickly as possible, etc. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The only way to pay off debt is to focus your energy on it.
But I find that I thinking about debt all the time is depressing. It […]
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Incomplete People Make Good Consumers
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007“Incomplete people make good consumers.”
So says John Taylor Gatto, former Teacher of the Year for the state of New York and homeschooling advocate.
I think Gatto’s statement is worth consideration. After all, why buy anything if you have everything you need… if you are “complete?” Clearly, the more incomplete we are, the more we will buy […]
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Getting Something for Nothing
Saturday, October 27th, 2007As I scanned a community paper, one particular ad jumped out at it me. It was an ad to promote a ballot measure that voters will be voting on this November.
Specifically, the ad asks voters to approve a 20-year extension on an existing sales tax that pays for roads and bridges.
To help build support for […]
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In Money We Trust
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007If I haven’t said it clearly yet, let me say it now. I am a Christian. I love Jesus.
So it dismays me to see our country place so much trust in money. Certainly, money is useful. You need some to get by. And since money is a part of life, we ought to use our […]
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