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Importance of Giving With 1 Billion Starving

September 7, 2017 1 Comment

Many of us give to charities. I contribute from my paycheck as my employer matches charitable contribution, dollar by dollar. Although I don’t even give 1% of my income to charities, I think I should. importance of giving is the subject of today’s post.

Importance of Giving

More than 1 billion people are starving in the world For the majority in the West, poverty is considered to be synonymous with hunger. As per the announcement by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, more than 1 billion people are starving in the world.

51 Fun Weekend Ideas for Your Family

June 12, 2017 12 Comments

Monday morning I met John at the cafeteria. He was brewing coffee and I was there for a cup of tea. He sighed in between the conversation and said “5 more days”. Seeing my puzzled look, he explained further – “to the weekend”. We all wait for the weekend the whole week. Almost 60 hours of time, but most of the time we don’t really pre-plan to do anything on a weekend.

51 Fun Ideas For weekend

There are so much to do, there are people around, things around. You need to find time and company of your family and friends. I have prepared 51 family fun ideas, these can be applicable to your friends as well.

How Do You Define Your Worth?

May 29, 2017 8 Comments

This is a guest post from blogger Amy Davis from Slay Your Budget. She is a former therapist, stay-at-home mom of 4 and die-hard University of Pittsburgh Panthers fan. She made financial freedom a priority after their third daughter who required a 53 day NICU stay, 14 surgeries to date, and of course, large medical bills. Hope you enjoy her personal story and her values about her worth in terms of time.

In my former work life, I was a therapist treating children and teens with various mental health challenges. After an evaluation with the psychologist deemed these kids in need of treatment, they were paired with a therapist like myself, to formulate a treatment plan and commence therapy.

How Do You Define Your Worth?

How to Keep Motivation When Income Goes Down

September 22, 2016 3 Comments

Imagine this scenario: you’ve been stuck in a job you hate for nearly a decade. It doesn’t pay a lot, just enough for you to keep on top of your bills and put some money away. Perhaps you’re paying down debt or maybe want to put a down payment on a house.

How to Keep Motivation When Income Goes Down

And then a dream job opportunity comes up. It’s a job in a great company with a lot of opportunity for career progression, but the hours are more suited to you and allow you to pursue your other passions. Maybe you have a blog or a side hustle that you could really do with spending more time on.

10 Ways to Invest in Yourself to Change Your Life

April 3, 2015 10 Comments

As adults, you probably consider many things to be investments: cars, real estate, stocks, retirement funds. But what about yourself? If you haven’t taken the time for a bit of self-investment, you’re not alone. Many adults let their own advancement fall by the wayside, opting instead to put time and energy into other interests.

Invest in Your Self, Change Your Life

20 Ways to Organize your Daily Life

January 7, 2013 8 Comments

My life is more a mess than organized, I have no hesitation in admitting. Just because of SMB we do have a clean home and a clean car and I do get time to eat my meals. Unlike the ideal productivity and lifestyle bloggers I do not yet have control over my daily life. As a tentative new year resolution I vowed to get back in to organization and to remove clutter from home, work and mind.

This article is what I am telling myself to follow, I hope these can be useful and handy to you if you are in same situation as I am in. In March I wrote 20 tips to be happy at work and the article helped me immensely, I excelled at my work and I am sure to receive a better performance appraisal, which is due this month. I am going to sincerely follow these steps to bring back peace and harmony in my life.

10 Ways to increase your self-esteem

December 26, 2012 23 Comments

Sad to say, many people lose self-esteem because of some unsolicited mishaps that happened. A bad experience from another person can be a ground too in losing self-esteem. Even our own self can be a culprit why up to now we cannot confidently face people. These are all because we tend to swim in the ocean of pessimism for long that we can no longer gasp for air until we drown.

Self-esteem as the word implies must come from within. Yes, we may anchor it from other people, things, or circumstances. However, if our own self won’t cooperate and continue to put our self down, we will head nowhere.

101 Ways To Get Love And Respect In Life

November 19, 2012 13 Comments

This article is not about getting financially richer, it’s all about getting emotionally richer in life. Love and respect cannot be gained overnight. These feelings are something you cannot impose or force on anyone too. It can only be given freely to you.

The love and respect we aim to earn is not just from our spouse or partner either. This will be from family members, friends, office mates, as well as people we casually meet on the street.

How to Be Happy in Life – Know your Inner Secrets

May 25, 2012 8 Comments

Happiness, I definitely believe, is the holy grail for everyone. The problem is, we equate it to money, most of the time. I always keep this in mind: money can buy you a bed but never sleep. The best things in life—and those that will bring utter joy—are the ones with no price tag.

I need happiness in life, so do you, so do all of us.

It doesn’t come all the time, I can’t really say I’m a content, peaceful man. I have my share of sorrow and down moments. Repeating the apt repeated phrase, this blog is my way to learn things and get ahead in life. Likewise this post is to remind you as well as myself that happiness can be found if we stretch your hand at right direction, even with little money.

Applying Karma in Personal Finance

March 7, 2012 41 Comments

Warning: This is a philosophical post, not based on hard-facts. Many of you may disagree to most of the content, but it sure can induce thoughts in your mind.

What is Karma

The Sanskrit (an ancient Indian language) word karma means “actions” or “deeds.”

As a religious term, Karma refers to intentional (usually moral) actions that affect one’s fortunes in this life and the next. For simplicity, we will only consider the causes and effects in this life time.

Importance of Giving With 1 Billion Starving

51 Fun Weekend Ideas for Your Family

How Do You Define Your Worth?

How to Keep Motivation When Income Goes Down

10 Ways to Invest in Yourself to Change Your Life

20 Ways to Organize your Daily Life

10 Ways to increase your self-esteem

101 Ways To Get Love And Respect In Life

How to Be Happy in Life – Know your Inner Secrets

Applying Karma in Personal Finance

What is Karma

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