Every once in a while, you’ll take a step back from your life, take a long look, and decide you want to do something differently. Changing things is a big decision and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. But luckily for you, you don’t have to figure it all out yourself. Books are a great place to start when you’re looking for some
In 1975, Keith Jarrett, a world-renowned jazz pianist, was scheduled to play a concert at the Koln Concert Hall in Germany. Unfortunately, the piano he was supposed to play was all wrong. It was too small, sounded tinny, out of tune and the pedals tended to stick. At first, Jarrett refused to play. Who wants to be asked to create something beautiful with a broken
Hi everyone! I ran late with Friday’s Sweet Savage Love so this installment is on Saturday instead. It’s been an exciting week here at Cents, Sense & Sensibility, I announced our plans to sell our house and move to the United Kingdom. Happily, the offer went through and we’ll be heading overseas mid-March. Afford Anything’s Pauline Paquin leads the charge this week with Warning: These
When I wrote about things falling apart last year, I was talking about my husband being laid off from his $100,000 engineering job. At the time, it seemed like the end of the world and looking back, it really was. For a long time, things just kept getting worse. Phil was laid off from two different jobs in one year; we drained most of our
Nobody likes thinking about endings. While beginnings are bright and playful things full of possibility, endings tend to be darker and fraught with complicated emotions. Even when things need to end, it can be really difficult to do so. Relationships are no exception to this rule. It can be overwhelming when you need to think about ending your relationship and filing for divorce. I had
Welcome back to another exciting edition of Sweet Savage Love. Below are my favourite posts from this week and below that is the best romance book for this week. So check out my link love and then check out sin in a Stetson below that: Sweet Savage Link Love Frugal Rules’ John shows us we can have courage and make conscious decisions in his article
When travelling, it’s easy to put aside any concerns you might have for safety and security. After all, you’re on vacation, right? What’s not soothing about swaying palm trees and ocean surf lapping against a sandy shore. But those are usually the times you’ll need to be most on guard. Your hotel may not be the first place you think about when considering identity theft
