Have you ever seen that statistical curve? The one that represents your gain in knowledge compared to your increasing awareness of all the things you don’t know? The line showing your gains in knowledge is on a steady, barely imperceptible climb. The line showing your awareness of what you don’t know goes exponentially off the […]
Take Garden Photos to Design Your Own Jigsaw Puzzle
Every Christmas while our kids have lived at home, I have given them a large puzzle to work on together during the holidays. As they have grown, it has been harder and harder to find something I felt was not looking the same as all the other puzzles. When I saw a Group On coupon […]
How I Make Simple Changes to Motivate Myself
We all have those times when we want to do something, for fun or for our own good or to be responsible, but we are having trouble taking the necessary action. Whether it be figuring out how to get momentum going or getting a single step done on a given day, there is often a […]
What Are Dividends and Why Do They Matter
Let’s do ‘Dividends 101’ first, just in case there are some who are wondering ‘what exactly are dividends?’ A dividend is a distribution of real money that is made by a company to the owners of shares of common stock of that company. The company makes sure that you, because you have an ownership stake […]
A Simple Exercise to Keep Stock Market News Articles in Perspective
When I was recently skimming a number of articles about companies on the stock market that we were evaluating, I happened on one about the company that my husband works for. I knew that he had enough exposure to company management to be able to tell me if he agreed with the stock analyst’s conclusions. […]