Author Archives for Jeffrey Strain
How to Cook Like in the Great Depression
Looking for inexpensive meals on a tight budget? Look no further than Great Depression Cooking with Clara where 94 year old Clara teaches the meals she made during the great depression (the videos were made from the time she was 91 – 94) while telling stories of the past. A great combination that will [...]
Skills Needed to Make Money Blogging
When people find out that I’m a professional blogger, they either ask me what the hell that means or how is it possible to make enough money to live on by blogging. Many people seem to think that there must be some hidden secret to easy success that only a few know and that is [...]
20 Great Places to Find Coins
I like to walk and when I walk, I am always on the lookout for coins. I don’t really consciously do this — it has become a habit over the years. What I do know is that most years I add over $100 to my savings (you would need to keep over $10,000 in your [...]
Has It Been Awhile Since You Last Cried?
This is a series of Thai insurance commercials (subtitled in English) that will have tears rolling down your face. Make sure you don’t have any place to go where you can’t have red, puffy eyes before watching and make sure that you have plenty of tissues on hand:
It’s always important to remember that the reason [...]
Personal Finance Lessons From Trash Art
I have great admiration for all artist and one wish that I have is that I possessed more artistic talent. I’m amazed by the artwork that an artist is able to produce and wonder how each manages to get to the final stage from the humble beginning. While I’m impressed by all art, I’m especially [...]
Procrastination: 100+ Reasons You Shouldn’t Be Reading This
I’m making an assumption that you really shouldn’t be reading this post because, well, you’re doing exactly what you shouldn’t be doing. If you were looking for specific information to help you with your finances, you should be reading about that topic rather than this post about why you shouldn’t be reading this post.
One of [...]
Looking for Someone to Blog about Their Debt
We are looking for someone in debt that is willing to blog about it. We recently purchased the Blogging Away Debt Blog and are looking for someone to take over the blogging from Tricia once she has paid off all her debt. Tricia will still be around blogging for awhile, so you would be blogging [...]
31 Ways to Improve Your Career Today
While I currently work for myself, there was a time when I actually worked for a large corporation. My time there taught me that corporate life wasn’t the career path that I ultimately wanted to walk down, but that didn’t stop me from learning a lot of solid advice from the mentors I met there [...]
Are You Financially Lazy?
One reason that people have trouble with their finances is that they tend to be lazy about managing them. That is not to say that one should spend 24 hours a day making sure every little financial detail is in order, but when you begin to lose money in ways that could be solved with [...]
25 Ways To Improve Your Financial Situation In Under 10 Minutes
I know from personal experience that when it comes to getting your personal finances in order, taking those first steps is one of the most difficult parts. There is so much information and it seems like it will take forever before you can ever reach your financial goals. It makes a person want to give [...]