LIVING ON 99 CENTS: How to survive (and thrive) in today’s ever-changing economy

April 22nd, 2010

By Wes Sass, Embracing My Journey Guest Blogger.

The news we hear every day is not promising.  Unemployment is still high and most experts say a full recovery could be years away.  In the meantime, those fortunate enough to have jobs in addition to those who do not still must cope with the day-to-day struggle of providing for themselves and their families.  Though it seems there is not much help, there are strategies you can do to stretch the dollars you have into more!

I have spent a lifetime (or so it seems) searching for ways to save money.  Here are some basic tips that I have found work the best:

Why is it you don’t have a job?

February 1st, 2010

A young girl stands in the center of the room.  To her left is a crowd of her teachers, coaches, people of influence who have shared their lives with her.  At the center of her world is her dad and his friends in military uniform all smiling warming.

To her right is another crowd, this one is filled with college students’ arms outstretched and flailing, moving slowly towards her as if in a horror movie.

The young girl dressed in her freshly pressed Girl Scout uniform looks to her left, then to her right as she clutches her one remaining box of Thanks-A-Lots(tm) cookies tightly to her chest.

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