Life Skills Blog

April 13th, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: adjusting, Advice, attitude, Great Depression, Income, Kids and Teens, Personal Finance, saving, Shopping, Signs of the Times 

For me, reading in the blogesphere is like going to the grocery store.  I love to read, and it’s a good thing!  I find so many interesting blogs that challenge my thoughts and feelings.  Some I really have to think about deeply, others I just have to chuckle.  Here are this weeks blogs that made [...]

April 6th, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: Financial Services, Great Depression, Mutual fund, Stock market, United States 

It is fun to sort through our emotional, environmental, physical and financial lives,  isn’t it?
(I heard you chuckle!)
Well, I know it isn’t for me or The Chief.  The one thing that has helped us through our married life was to look back at our parents.  All of them were from the “Dirty 30’s, the “New [...]

April 1st, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: attitude, Credit card, Emotional Health and Wellbeing, Family, Great Depression, Income, Marriage, Money, Relationships, Savings account 

I found this article that really hit home with me.
How far would we be today if we started out better financially minded?
I hope you enjoy ~Lynn~
By JEFF D. OPDYKE
Sour economies don’t just destroy jobs and wealth. They can tear apart marriages, often because of the debt that couples

March 8th, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: BabyBoomer, Generations and Age Groups, Great Depression, History, Mint.com, people, Social Security, Twentieth Century 

There is no doubt about it, today most everyone is feeling the pinch of the economy.
Rather than analyze what got us here…(that kind of happens along the path of discovery for each one of us…), let’s look for ways

January 20th, 2009 | by Lynn | Tags: acceptance, BabyBoomer, Family, Generations and Age Groups, Great Depression, Home, Mental Health, people, positive, self-esteem, Self-help 

“I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it’s only a choice of attitude.” unknown author
Choices
Your life is all about choice.  Choices define which way you will develop and grow…
For myself, I remember when I learned to read.