It’s that time of the year when the government puts us under pressure to file our taxes and give them all of the money in our pockets. Depending on where you are in the world, filing taxes can be a painstaking process that becomes even more harrowing when you calculate that you owe thousands of… Read More »Getting Ready For the Tax Filing Season
Let me get straight to the point. Life is hard. And unless you have been given a proverbial silver spoon, you need a reliable side hustle business. Many of us spend upwards of eight hours a day working for the man, trying to earn a two dollar bill. And many more of us realise, that… Read More »How To Make Extra Money With A Reliable Side Hustle Business
I think that I’ve written before about the importance of taking baby steps to get to your desired point in life. I firmly believe that when you take a goal and break it down into actionable mini missions, it’s very easy to cross that goal off as accomplished and move on to the next one.… Read More »The Mini Missions Challenge: How I Improved My Life in 30 Days!
It’s been a very long time since I wrote a favourite posts article and writing this one reminds me how much I miss the simpler times. I used to spend hours checking out the personal finance blogosphere; take in the words of wisdom from my favourite financial stalwarts and then share all of that goodness… Read More »Favourite Posts of the Week – Financial Stalwarts Edition
I have a very complex love-hate relationship with air drying laundry. In fact, from the outside looking in, one might think that it’s a strictly “love” relationship because I have not splurged on a dryer as yet. It’s not that I have any issues with embracing a simpler life and including a dryer in my… Read More »How to Save Money By Air Drying Laundry
At the beginning of January 2019, I decided that I would create a template that tracks all of my goals, lists all of my must-do activities and missions that I want to accomplish in the near future. Each week, I update the template with all of the activities that I must complete in an effort… Read More »January 2019 Goals and Extra Monthly Income
I’m an advocate for starting a small business, especially when it makes a positive and worthy difference in your life or someone else’s life. However, starting a business is not necessarily the easiest feat in the world. For some, it may be a harrowing exercise that evokes feelings of anger and disappointment. And for others,… Read More »Things to Know When Starting a Small Business
Customer service in Barbados sucks. There are too many instances where Barbadian consumers have to go the extra mile to get service that should be provided at minimum. It often feels as though come entities purposely frustrate their clients and somehow forget that we are the reason why they make money. Many of them have… Read More »How to Get Better Customer Service in Barbados
It’s the one phrase that can create panic in the hearts and minds of patients, medical staff and business professionals. “A medication recall has been announced”. In recent weeks and months, there have been several medication recalls which have sparked confusion, dread and fear in people who depend on the affected medications. Because of the… Read More »How Much Does a Medication Recall Really Cost?
The Barbados Light and Power (BL&P) has advised the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) that they will be submitting a rate review request in the form of a formal rate application in the second quarter of 2019. This rate review request signals that a rate increase for electricity may be coming in the near future. This is… Read More »Brace Yourselves: The BL&P Has Given Notice of a Rate Review Request