I’m currently catching up with the HGTV’s Design Star latest season. The last episode I watched was the one where the contestants were required to remodel an indoor and outdoor space of clients’ homes. The designers used some cool techniques that really showed how one can be cheap chic. From the first episode of this… Read More »Cheap Chic – A Lesson From HGTV’s Design Star
Has it ever crossed your mind that retirement is like the Olympics? Here is why it crossed my mind. For roughly 17 days every four years, athletes from around the world are actively engaged in an event. It’s an event that’s considered as the crème de la crème of the sporting world. The Olympics is… Read More »Why Retirement is Like the Olympics
I’m a huge Olympics fan and I can say that my spare time has been spent watching the various sports. I’ve been watching bits of pieces here and there and trying to enjoy it as much as I can. The Caribbean has been receiving some crappy coverage, but I’m trying make the most of it.… Read More »Weekly Report – 5 August 2012
If you’ve never had bad customer service from a goods or service provider, I envy you. In fact, I would like you to tell me which service providers you use and the specific names of the people that help you. I need those people in my life! It’s not fair that you receive bad service.… Read More »Paying for Crappy Service Sucks
If you ever have a long list of things to and you feel overwhelmed by them, I have the perfect solution. Write them down in order of importance and tackle the things at the top first. The items at the bottom of the list should be those things that you won’t mind too much if… Read More »Weekly Report Housekeeping – 29 July 2012
I was reading through an old Essence magazine and I came across an article written by Tamara E. Holmes that talked about giving yourself a money makeover. Makeovers are not just for changing the way you look. You can give yourself a money makeover and change the way you look at your finances. If you… Read More »Give Yourself a Money Makeover
A few weeks ago I had a conversation with gentleman regarding the state of tourism in Barbados. He was adamant that the Barbados Government should help all of the smaller tourism business by giving them money. I told him that it was impossible for the Government to help every single entity or person. He disagreed… Read More »What are you Doing to Help Yourself?
I’m still trying to get back to normal after that rough MBA assignment. Instead of jumping into new projects like I had planned, I spent a lot of time resting and just doing nothing. But, I made some decisions about my blogs and unfortunately I closed the Barbados Travel Blog. I’m not sure if I… Read More »Weekly Report – 21 July 2012
So this is one of those posts where I throw an idea out there to see where I can go. I want to make extra money and now that I’m a brief vacation, my brain is working overtime. When I think about it, I would prefer to do something that does not require me to… Read More »Easy Ways to Make Extra Money
It’s kind of ironic that I’m writing an article on habits of financially wealthy people, when I’m trying to acquire some type of wealth. I’ve read lots of articles, posts and comments about how some wealthy people live. And to tell you the truth, they are not that much different from me (apart from the… Read More »Habits of Financially Wealthy People