Back in November 2011, I hosted a series called Celebrate Barbados. It was intended to highlight everything Barbadian and I found myself leaning towards young entrepreneurs. I featured three young Barbadian entrepreneurs – Sheldon Browne, Maria Jordan and Nigel Wallace. I asked them about how they got started with their businesses and what advice they… Read More »How I Became An Entrepreneur
When I was younger, going out on Old Year’s Night or New Year’s Eve to ring in the New Year was a huge deal. I used to get all dressed up and head to a cool lime, fete, or party and have a ball with fireworks to boot. Nowadays I’m just content to sip on… Read More »10 Budget-Friendly Ways To Ring in The New Year
I get the feeling that we in the Caribbean are not too concerned about identity theft. I would bet that the majority of you throw away documents which give your full name, address, bank account numbers, date of birth and other personal information. Do you know that information can be used by criminals to obtain… Read More »How To Protect Yourself From Identity Theft
Heard a few guys complaining that I did an article on 10 Financial Tips for Women, and it seems as though I forgot about the guys. To make everybody happy, I decided to share “6 Financial Tips for Men.” I should note that the financial tips that I listed for women, also work for men… Read More »6 Financial Tips for Men
I bought an Essence magazine last month and I have not read all of the articles as yet. This morning I took it up again to see what else I missed, and a small block of writing caught my eye. It read ” IYANLA VANZANT: How To Overcome Hard Times”. The article was about how… Read More »How to Overcome Hard Times
For some, recycling is the very last thing that comes to mind at Christmas. Amid the decorations, lights and gifts, who really has time to think about recycling? But what if I told you that you can recycle at Christmas and still enjoy the decorations, lights and gifts? You don’t have to leave your home… Read More »How to Recycle at Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve and I cannot believe that I found time to come on here to write this. This week I joined the Yakezie Challenge and as a result, I discovered new personal finance blogs! That’s one positive that has come from joining the network so far. This week’s favourite posts is a link containing the list… Read More »Favourite Posts of the Week – New Personal Finance Blogs Edition – 24 Dec 2011
This week I made the decision to grow my blog with Yakezie. I finally joined the Yakezie Challenge! I can’t remember on which blog I first noticed a Yakezie button, but I bookmarked it right away. I initially backed away from joining the challenge and I can admit that I was a bit spooked by the… Read More »Growing My Blog With the Yakezie Challenge
I would describe myself as very independent. If I want something, I prefer to get it for myself rather than ask someone to get it for me. Whilst I was still in university, I always knew that I wanted to purchase some property on my own. Relationship or no relationship, that was something that I… Read More »10 Financial Tips For Women
How much to tip? It depends. I’m not a fan of tipping, but I will admit that I have tipped more than once. But when I do, it does not go over five dollars unless it was an exceptional meal with excellent service. I’m not a fan because I believe that when I pay for… Read More »How Much To Tip?