That’s right folks! It’s National Spring Cleaning Week (NSCW) this week. I had no idea it was NSCW until the radio told me on Monday morning. Regardless, most of you are probably familiar with the concept of spring cleaning: you see the sun shining and are overtaken with the urge to organize, arrange and rid your home of all the crap that’s collected in your
Crash Course for a New Career in Social Media
A rapidly changing economy and greater focus on quality life is causing many people to look at career changes in 2014. In some cases, technology is displacing people. Even workers with stable jobs are growing weary of low employee morale and sacrifices to personal time. Healthcare and technology are fields that tout promising careers. However, the training to be an IT analyst or physical therapist
Personal Finance Blogging: High Road or Low Road?
The other day, I was on a debt blog run by a husband and wife team and came across one of their posts. He had written about finding a career your passionate about and then pursuing that work in your life – it was a decent enough article. The interesting part came when I started reading the comments. There were a number of readers who
Santa Claus doesn’t exist: Becoming a financial adult
“The graveyards are full of indispensable men” – Charles De Gaulle My latest, and most important, learning: I am not indispensable. Not to anyone or anything. Does it sound harsh? Well, it is – but it’s the truth. It is both liberating and humbling. My position at work? It can be done quite well by others if I weren’t there. My blog? See above. My
The True Cost of Distracted Driving
The true cost price of distracted driving goes beyond traffic ticket fines and higher insurance premiums. Over 75% of people admit to driving distracted at some point, find out what it will really cost you.
Switching Webhosts: Migrating to Texas
Hello to my dulcet darling readers! I wanted to give everyone a quick update that Sense & Sensibility will be migrating to a happy little server farm called WP Engine in Texas. I understand their servers are free-range and grass fed – only the best for my blog. My site might be broken more than it’s working over the next couple of days as I demystify
New Blog Name – Everything Else Same Same
Hi everyone! Just a quick word about the change in my blog name to Sense & Sensibility. Everything else is the same but it was important to make the move away from Cents & Sensibility. For starters, there’s a nice lady in California – who is a financial adviser – that has trademarked the name “Cents & Sensibility” for her business. While I haven’t heard a