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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009For many in the Christian church, today - January 6 - is celebrated as the Feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the arrival of the Magi who traveled a great distance to visit and offer gifts to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.
In secular terms, an “epiphany” is a sudden perception or insight into reality or essential meaning of something. [...]
Start the 2009 Work Year Right for Your Money and Your Life
Friday, January 2nd, 2009If you are like Mr. ToughMoneyLove, January 2 will be your first work day of 2009. Your New Year’s Resolutions are fresh in your mind. Perhaps on that list of resolutions are goals such as “keep your job” and “make more friends.” If not, maybe they should be. In fact, these two goals/resolutions can work [...]
An Important Gift to Ourselves that Money Can Buy
Monday, December 29th, 2008Mrs. ToughMoneyLove and I are in Florida this week for a brief visit with my parents and other family. I won’t be writing a lot because frankly my time is better spent elsewhere.
I do want to openly acknowledge something to everyone who is kind enough to read what I write here: I am grateful to have [...]
Giving According to their Needs
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008It’s Christmas Eve morning so my message will be brief. According to family tradition, this night would end with Mrs. ToughMoneyLove and me sorting, surveying, and wrapping the multiple gifts we had purchased for our three children in recent weeks and months. The mental calculators would also be in action so that we could be confident that [...]
Building a Better Mood about Your Money
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008Today I am writing about building a better mood about money. About replacing despair over what happened and is happening economically in 2008 with gratitude for what we still have.
You are probably asking yourself if I am ill. It’s not like Mr. ToughMoneyLove to lift the pedal off the metal when it comes to targeting [...]
Simplifying a Financial Life
Monday, December 22nd, 2008First, this post is not about Paris Hilton or any other “air where the brain should be” simpleton venturing into the Simple Life.
Second, this post is not about New Year’s resolutions. Mr. ToughMoneyLove sort of abandoned that whole concept a while back. Why? Because like so many others, I used it as an excuse to delay doing [...]
Money, Muffin Tops and the Future of Health Care Costs
Monday, December 15th, 2008Yes I know that title is a little strange for a Mr. ToughMoneyLove Monday morning article but bear with me. It is indeed about hard truth and your money.
We are now in the peak holiday party period. You and I are being confronted regularly with arrays of tempting food and drink, most of it not [...]