Making Room for 2010
January 25, 2010 by allison
Filed under Tools & Tips
What do you do to make room for the year ahead? Sometimes we’ve got to clear out before we can call in all that good stuff we want to generate from now till end-2010. Here are my favorite three steps to help you achieve your financial resolutions for the new year.
1. Out with the Old [...]
Preparing to Sell Your Home
September 14, 2009 by allison
Filed under Money, Real Estate
First Impressions are Key!
For most sellers, a showing and/or open house feels like a real invasion of privacy: with looky-loos and nosy neighbors poking their heads into closets and opening drawers. For single women it is especially invasive, because we may feel more vulnerable living on our own. Remember many neighbors know people who are [...]
Getting Honest About Your Money
There is power in financial planning—you make a budget, you’ve got a map to anywhere you want to go. But, for all the plan making and budget creating that I encourage, the real power is in the honesty you bring to the table.
The truth is sneaky sometimes. We think we’re speaking it. Playing our cards. [...]
How To Earn Extra Money in a Down Economy
July 27, 2009 by allison
Filed under Money, Tools & Tips
As a single-minded woman or a single mom, you may be solely responsible for providing for yourself and your children. However, downsizing, furloughs and overall job insecurity is leading many single women to rethink ways in which they can earn extra money.
Here are some easy ways to bring in some extra cash, even in a [...]
A Single-Minded Savings Plan
June 29, 2009 by allison
Filed under Money, Personal Finances
Single women are generally at a disadvantage when it comes to savings, mainly because there’s often no one with whom to share living and other expenses.
In fact, for single women it can be difficult to make ends meet, never mind save money.
But there are ways to cut back on expenses so you have more to sock [...]
Another Oil Crisis?
It has been said that “manners are the oil that lubricates society”. Are we out of oil?
I am amazed and dismayed at the lack of social graces people exhibit to one another. I remember the days when you referred to your elders as Mr., Mrs. or Miss, held the door open for someone just out of [...]
