New Years Resolutions for 2002
by Scott Bilker
I didn't realize how much I was going to learn, personally, when I asked you all for your New Year's resolutions. I thank you for giving me so much to think about this year. I will be adding many of your resolutions to my own. The resolutions everyone submitted seem to fit into different categories. Each of the resolutions discussed below is a grouping of many submitted by DebtSmart Readers.
Planning for Success In The New Year
by Doris Dobkins
The New Year has just begun. Where has the time flown? Think for a moment about last year and your finances. The small financial decisions we make every day can have a huge impact on our circumstances a month from now, six months from now or even 1 year from now.
Survey Results: New Year's Resolution
by Scott Bilker
This is the final issue of 2001 and with that I want to ask everyone about their New Year's Resolutions. Do you make them? What are they? Please let me know your aspirations for 2002 by taking the survey.
Reflections--A Top Ten List of Year-End Questions
by Michael Angier
In order to embrace the new, we must release the old. A trapeze artist cannot swing from one bar to another without letting go. An important part of preparing for the New Year is to review the past year--to release it--and to learn from it.
Happiness in frugality
by Doris Dobkins
Are you speaking for real or is the title of this article an oxymoron? How could anyone be happy denying themselves all of life's pleasures and being frugal? Take a moment to read the quote below:
Kicking the Worry Habit
by Michael Angier
I used to worry all the time. I worried about livestock disease. I worried about getting bank loans. I worried about the buying price of grain and the selling prices of livestock. I worried about not having enough money. I was unhappy, fatigued and irritable. It had become a disease. And then I...
Coping with Financial Stress
by Debra Vaughn
When it comes to reasons behind stress, concerns about money top the list. We worry about not having enough, spending too much, not saving enough - even having more money than we can handle. Money related stress, can be bad for both your mental and physical health.
10 Reasons People Overspend
by Debra Vaughn
By talking to people, conducting surveys, and helping people throughout the years, I have made a list of ten reasons for overspending that I hear most often. Take a look to see if you fall in line with one or more of these causes to indulge.
Are You a Corporate Refugee?
by Ruth Luban
Are you a committed, hardworking professional who was in the midst of projects you cared about when your company announced a change of direction that eliminated your job?
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