The Writer’s Coin

One of my favorite books this year (and probably all time) was The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. It’s a fantastic novel that really did deserve the Pulitzer Prize — I’ve been recommending it to everyone I talk to. So, being someone that loves to talk (and write) about writing and [...]

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It took me a while to come around on the importance of editing. When I first started writing, I thought that all I needed was to “inspire myself” and jot everything down in a flurry of creative energy. Sure, editing was good to catch typos and play with some commas, but otherwise I felt like [...]

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First of all, let me remind everyone that I am a Warren Buffet disciple when it comes to investing — I believe that, when it comes to individual stock investing, what matters is the long term performance of a company. I am not a trader: I’m not interested in making a quick buck or in [...]

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I’m a big fan of ING’s, I’ve made that pretty clear in the past. With all the drama surrounding the banks right now, a lot of people are getting nervous about losing their money. That’s why making sure your bank is FDIC insured is so important — you’re covered for up to $100,000 no matter [...]

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Today I want to mention two men that have greatly influenced how I look at things. I consider myself an optimist these two men blow me out of the water. When bad things happen, they happen. Nothing you can do about them. But what these bad times also bring is an incredible opportunity — a [...]

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I love gadgets, so I’ve been keeping a close eye on the new iPhone that Apple finally released last week. When the first one came out, I thought it was pretty cool, but not that many people bought it right away and it took some time until I started seeing them “in the wild.” Which [...]

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There’s been a bit of a debate going between the two PF finance kings (JD at GetRichSlowly and Trent at The Simple Dollar) about the difference between a job and a career. The gist of it: Trent think that if you don’t care about a job and are only doing it for the money, then [...]

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This one was a pleasant surprise for me. It’s a book written by a dance choreographer — the only dance I have in my life is when M and I watch (at her behest) Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance. In other words, when I read the author about this [...]

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Or How a Routine is Helpful
As a part of my continual effort to educate myself more and more on all things finance-related, I do a daily read of certain sites: Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, USA Today Money and some other random ones. Sometimes I’ll go to a company’s Yahoo! stock ticker and see what stories [...]

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Anne Lamott’s book, Bird by Bird, has a great chapter called Shitty First Drafts that’s all about getting over those internal voices that tell writers that what we’re writing sucks. The essay is all about accepting those voices, realizing that they’re going to be there for as long as you’re doing something creative, and then [...]

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