Professional credentials allow you to place initials, acronyms and abbreviations after your name AND can increase your potential to earn higher income. Photo by Carol. He did it. He went ahead and did it. My office manager drew a proverbial line in the sand. Feeling underpaid since switching professions and starting a new job, I met with the Human Resources manager to request a review of my related experience, my value to the team, and the range of my peers’...
The up and down, jagged outline of these rock formations resembles my earned income over the years. Find out why. Photo by Carol (that’s me!) Graduating from a well-respected college with a degree in chemical engineering as a female in the late 1980s, I set myself up for a lifetime income trajectory that could have been onward and upward for my entire career. Chemical engineers often appear on the top 10 salary lists for best jobs for new college graduates....
Photo by Carol (that’s me!) from our recent dream trip to Kauai. Does a baby avocado grow up dreaming of being spread on toast and covered with an egg? or being mashed in to guacamole to be eaten with chips at the world’s finest five-star resort? Of course not! Why? Because avocadoes don’t have a heart and a brain and an imagination that allows it to dream, to set goals, and to connect in the way that only humans can....
Who better than you, honored wedding attendant, to see that the bride and groom drive off to their wedded bliss with some financial preparedness tools in their shiny new toolbox. Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash. Being selected by your dear friend or sibling to be their Best Man or Maid of Honor means you are super special to them. It is an honor reserved for those nearest and dearest. It also means that you, more than anyone except their...
Your dreams and goals may seem like a tough mountain to climb, but you’ll never know the feeling of fulfilling that dream if you never get started! Photo by Carol. Many in the personal finance blogging community are laser focused on achieving one goal: early retirement. They write of saving a high percentage of their high salaries, set the countdown clock, and let the world know when they’ve cut loose from the chains of the cubicles. That’s great! For them....
