As another year comes to an end, it is a good time to give a performance report on how I did with my 2012 goals. Creating goals is a key step towards actually getting important stuff done. And evaluating the results of these goals can really help me understand not only where I succeeded but [...]
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Performance Report on my 2012 Goals!
Posted: 18th December 2012 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Debt, Family, Home Business, Passive Income, Self-Sufficiency0
Small Business Building Adventures
Posted: 11th August 2012 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Debt, Depression, Economics, Home Business, Money, Passive IncomeSeveral weeks ago, while writing about how to plan and execute a small business, I mentioned that I was working on 2 new small business ventures. As stated earlier, I’ve been working mad hours these days to build multiple streams of income such that the loss of the day job will not plunge my [...]
We paid off 91K of debt in 12 months!
Posted: 15th June 2012 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Family, Frugality, Home Business, Money, Passive Income, RecessionAs some of you may know, one of the initial reasons that I started this blog was to vent some steam about my life as a debt slave. Our family’s huge pile of debt was divided between an underwater mortgage(my mistake) and several high-interest educational loans(my dear wife’s mistake). This debt was destroying my life [...]
Small Business Execution Tips for Preppers!
Posted: 11th June 2012 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Home Business, Passive IncomeTags: Business, Execution, Small, Tips
Last week I talked about how to plan out a small business idea. As I mentioned before, in uncertain economic times, there is no such thing as a secure day job. If you make your living by working for someone else, you might get laid off tomorrow due to no fault of your own! [...]
Small Business Planning Tips for Preppers!
Posted: 2nd June 2012 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Economics, Home Business, Passive IncomeAs many of you may know, I run several small side-businesses in addition to working my day job. These side income streams provide a buffer of financial resilience for my family in case my day job gets off-shored. With that said, I fervently believe that starting your own small business is one of the most [...]
The Prosperity Triangle
Posted: 28th April 2012 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Frugality, Home Business, Money, Passive Income, Self-SufficiencyLet’s face reality, the middle class in this country is going the way of the do-do bird. Millions of formerly well paid workers are systematically being displaced by globalization and automation. With this displacement, the once dominant demographic of America is quickly fading away. Now some people might be outraged at the mere thought [...]
20 ways to make side income online!
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Economics, Home Business, Passive IncomeOver the last couple of months, the economic situation in my corner of the country appears to have reached a relatively calm state. I have not seen any mass layoffs for a while now. Moreover, I am seeing the occasional for-hire signs here and there. Thankfully, both my wife and I still have our jobs. [...]
A future for the average American Worker
Posted: 22nd January 2012 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Collapse, Family, Home Business, Self-SufficiencyThe average American Worker is in trouble. The good old days of plentiful manufacturing jobs with decent pay and solid benefits seem more and more like a fairy tale rather than how life is supposed to be. We all know what happened. America after WWII had an unscathed manufacturing base, while the industrial nations of [...]
12 Habits of Prosperous Immigrants
Posted: 23rd November 2011 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Debt, Economics, Family, Frugality, Home Business, Money, Passive Income, Self-SufficiencyBoth my wife and I are the children of immigrants to this country. And it might be that thrift and frugality have always been a part of our upbringing. Now as the American economy gets progressively worse, the living standards of most people are getting harder by the day. Yet, it appears to me that [...]
Stress, Stress, and More Stress!!!!
Posted: 24th September 2011 by ThrivingAdmistCollapse in Debt, Depression, Family, Home BusinessRight around this time of the year, my day job ramps up significantly in terms of work volume. These last couple of years have been particularly hard due to the waves of lay-offs that my company generously bestowed upon us mere worker drones. In fact, last fall, I had to take on about 3 [...]