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Discarding toxic people from your life

biohazard, toxic people, Discarding toxic people

CF / December 26th, 2012 / 24 Comments

Every year around Christmas, I marvel at how quickly time had passed by. Is it really another year already? As morbid as it is, I can’t help but want to make sure my time is well spent. Earlier this month, I started receiving emails, tweets, LinkedIn messages, and even Facebook messages from my former lab coworkers. Every day they bombarded me with requests to sign off on some forms to authorize...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: dealing with difficult people, difficult relationships, focusing on who is important, how to get a job in science, how to handle stress, science careers, science jobs, toxic relationship, workplace stress

There’s Never a Right Time

Right Time, starting out a family, financially ready, financially prepared, starting a new life, improve your finances, compensation, off work

Guest / November 30th, 2012 / 14 Comments

Another guest post swap for you today! Femme Frugality is a twenty-something-year-old woman who blogs about savings and finances as a student, young adult, mother and Pittsburgher. Head back to her site after you’re finished reading and check out our post! An often asked question when considering to start a family is, “Are we financially prepared?” In our modern world, people put off...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: being a mom, factors affecting parenthood, financial effects of starting a family, parenthood, pros and cons of having a family, right time to have kids, starting a family

Being poor in North America

poor in North America, poor sector, middle class, status in life, frugal living

CF / October 24th, 2012 / 60 Comments

I was introduced recently to an article by John Scalzi on being poor. If you have not read it yet, go and read it because my comments will make little sense otherwise. (Then come back and continue reading this blog!) Photo Credit: D Sharon Pruitt via Flickr As I read the article, two things struck me. First, I felt a bit uncomfortable. I do a lot of the things on his list of statements and...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: being poor in america, define poor, poverty in america, poverty rate, sacrifices

Access over ownership

daily life, generation X, generation Y, ownership, sharing economy

CF / September 24th, 2012 / 18 Comments

Millenials, the demographic cohort that followed Generation X, are a much maligned bunch. Also sometimes known as “Generation Y”, millenials were born between approximately 1982 and 2000, with slight fluctuations depending on country of origin. Each generation in human history has been noted for displaying certain values, trends or characteristics, and millenials are no different. They...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: buying a car, car coop, car sharing, first home purchase, Millenials, modo, The Atlantic