After the two-decade shopping binge that was the 90s and 2000s, pretty much every American can claim an enormous abundance of once-used, rarely-used or even never-used stuff lying around the house. Back when the economy was booming and credit flowed like water, needing to use a tool once was a good enough reason to go […]
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 […]
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 […]
The economy is still in a slump, and it may seem that asking for a raise would be more of a faux pas than a smooth move. There are reasons why a company would be more likely to consider bumping up your salary, however, and you can use these to your advantage. Here are a […]
