In recent times, there has been a lot of talk about how businesses can reduce their expenses. I agree wholeheartedly with this and I understand the concern. But what has been suggested is laying off staff and reducing wages by ten percent. This I do not agree with. Believe it or not, the employee is… Read More »How Businesses Can Reduce Their Expenses
This was a crazy week. I sucked at managing my time, which made everything go crazy. I’m behind on studying, writing posts and working on new stuff for this blog and the Caribbean travel blog. However, I’m going to do some serious catching up today. Favourite Posts of The Week of 18 March 2012 Finding… Read More »Weekly Report – 18 March 2012
Freelancing is something that I’d like to jump into in the very near future. From freelancing (writing and consulting) to Project Management to Textile Design, I believe that I can be successful in any of these three areas. It’s easy to say that I want to work for myself, but it’s a little more difficult… Read More »Financial Advice For Freelancers in the Caribbean
Travelling used to be a lovely past time for many people. But these days, booking a flight is a twisted game of hide and seek between travellers and arbitrary airline fees. I found an airline fee chart at Fare Compare which gives a pretty clear view of airline fees. As flyers, we are up against… Read More »These Are The Days of Arbitrary Airline Fees
I read a really good article on MSN Money written by Brandon Ballenger of Money Talks News. This article, which looked at eight weird ways to make money, got me thinking about 8 “not so weird” ways to make money in Barbados. I’m a firm believer in the creation of a side-hustle, but the question… Read More »8 Ways to Make Money in Barbados
Last week, people were all abuzz with the launch of the new Apple Ipad. My mum called to give me the news and I was like “ok.” But she was excited. You would not believe why. She was excited because the time was right for buying a new older model at a killer price. She… Read More »The Benefits of Buying a New Older Model
Although we need money to buy the things that we really want, there are some things that money can’t buy. And even though money is critical to our survival, there are some things that are more important than money. Family Health Time Happiness Passion Things That Are More Important Than Money I chose these items… Read More »Things That Are More Important Than Money
Women’s Money Week began on Monday, 5 March 2012 and will end today, 11 March 2012. I participated in this week, by writing two articles – How To Start a Business With No Money and Why Saving For a Rainy Day is a Good Idea. More than one hundred blogs participated in this week by… Read More »Weekly Report – 11 March 2012
The Windows Calculator has many features in addition to the basic arithmetic sums. Since I installed the Alexa task bar, on joining Yakezie, I’ve been seeing some trending headlines under the “hottest pages on the web right now.” Yesterday morning, as I was getting ready for work, I saw a headline that read “Windows Calculator:… Read More »The Windows Calculator
Have you ever heard the saying that time is priceless? I remember the days of spending hours on end watching YouTube videos. It was something that I considered to be a past time. A luxury that I was willing to dedicate huge amounts of time to on a daily basis. But then Odd Cents came… Read More »Why Time is Priceless