The Dark Trap of Payday Loans
The Dark Trap of Payday Loans Americans spend $7.4 billion per year on payday loans, including an average of $520 in interest per borrower for eight $375 loans or extensions.[i] Recently, while enjoying a drive into downtown Portland, Oregon via Powell Boulevard, I...
Live With Financial Freedom―Live Frugal
Live With Financial Freedom―Live Frugal “Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.”[1] ― Marcus Tullius Cicero My late husband had a favorite saying, “You can only spend a dollar once!” After the dollar is handed over to the cashier, it’s gone. The only way to...
Food Waste is No Big Deal . . . Right? What if it Is?
Food Waste is No Big Deal . . . Right? What if it Is? Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tons) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tons). In the USA, organic waste is the second highest...
Teaching Children Less Is More
Teaching Children Less Is More Between all the toys, gadgets, and gizmos that are available to kids, not to mention television programs, apps, and other resources all geared at kids; it’s almost easy to see how parents begin to view life as being totally about...
Look Years Younger with Less Money Stress
Look Years Younger with Less Money Stress A study published in the journal Research on Aging in July found that being anxious about finances isn’t just bad for your mental health. It can make you look older, too. . . . stress induced by money had a stronger effect on...
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