I know that I’ve said it before and by now many people are probably tired of me alluding to the global financial crisis. But last week at a pension planning seminar at work, we were reminded that 2012 is going to be very tough in the business environment and things will probably be like that or… Read More »How To Stay Calm in a Financial Crisis
From the time I was small I’ve been hearing comments about wasting money. Some of the comments are “He’s always wasting money” or “She loves to waste money”. Now that I’m older, I know what those comments meant. Wasting money is something that varies from person to person and one person’s waste could mean another… Read More »How to Stop Wasting Money
For this New Year edition of my favourite posts, I decided to switch this post to Sundays, because I have more time to read more blogs and peruse websites on Saturdays. By writing this post every week, I’m introduced to many blogs – personal finance and many others and it proves that the blogosphere is… Read More »Favourite Posts of the Week – New Year Edition – 8 Jan 2012
Lately I’ve been a bit obsessed with looking at house plans. In fact, this is where I seriously fail when it comes to time management. I can easily waste hours looking at hundreds of house plans and other sites that focus on interior design. I’m seriously considering doing a course in CAD, so that I… Read More »How to Find House Plans for Free
You don’t have to be Michael Phelps or Ian Thorpe to reap benefits from swimming. All you need are the basic techniques and a willingness to exercise your entire body. Just over a year ago I pulled a muscle in my back and the doctor suggested swimming to treat the injury. I bought goggles to protect my… Read More »Frugal Fitness: Swimming
The other day I read a strange story in a local newspaper here in Barbados. One of the local commercial banks, CIBC First Caribbean published a list of dormant bank accounts with accumulated savings of over BDS $830,000 (USD $415,000). I’ve seen these type of lists before and they can easily take up a couple… Read More »How to Claim Funds in a Dormant Bank Account
My neighbours got together recently for a shindig to celebrate Christmas and to mingle and mix with each other. Seven of the households got together and planned the party. We held a meeting a couple weeks before the chosen date and we planned a menu and created a guest list. My household was responsible for… Read More »How to Make Cheesecake
The first mistake that people make when making resolutions for a new year, is by making unrealistic goals. My take on it is that you should make goals that you know that you can make. For example, if you know that for the whole of 2011, you made it to the gym three times, don’t… Read More »My Goals for 2012
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