I am a professional baseball player, but not the kind that you see on TV. I play minor league baseball, far from the glitz and glam on the major leagues, and I survive on a small salary during the season. It has been a dream of mine to play baseball for a living ever since [...]
My mother owned an art gallery for 4 decades. When she bought the business back in the 70s, she was a cocky 23-year-old who assumed that she knew what it took to be an art dealer, custom framer and small business owner because she had minored in Art History at college. Of course, life often [...]
In the ten years since I graduated from college, I held no fewer than nine jobs. Now, to be fair, some of those positions were held concurrently when I was working multiple part time jobs and at least one of those jobs only lasted 2 days, as it became clear very quickly that I was [...]
Depending on which personal finance gurus you follow particularly closely, you may have seen advice that you should sell some of your skills on the side to bring in more income. This can be good advice whether you’re trying to put more into savings each month or you’re trying to reduce debt, but just telling [...]
Did you know that those hundreds of pennies lying under the couch cushions and on the car floor could be a source of income? You have several options that are far more favorable than rolling and cashing them in at the bank. Recycling Pennies Recycling pennies may sound a bit like a late night infomercial, [...]
My mother owned a small art gallery for nearly forty years. She started when she happened to have a small inheritance burning a hole in her savings account, a brand-new Bachelor’s degree (with a minor in Art History), no particular job prospects, and the arrogance of a 23-year-old who thinks she knows everything. If she’d [...]
