As human beings, we all tend to compare ourselves to others. It’s a natural part of life; whether you want to do so or not, as you learn about how other people live their lives, you make comparisons to how you are living, and even judgments on how those other people live. It’s hard to …
Let’s talk about luck. Many people prefer to pretend that luck (or if you prefer, random chance working in your favor) doesn’t exist, that everything in life is determined by the amount of time and effort you put into your work, and that your success in life is determined entirely by the amount of skill …
Sometimes, the oddest questions pop into my mind. I’m not entirely sure where they come from, much of the time; you spend enough time with your mind roaming randomly, and it’s amazing what comes to mind. Given that I run a personal finance blog, and it’s also not terribly surprising that more than a few …
I’ve been thinking lately about money, justice, and the tendency in our society to assign flat rates to goods and services. Although we don’t normally think about it, it’s pretty much par for the course; it’s too difficult (and in some circumstances, illegal) for, say, a store to charge each customer a different price. If …
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It’s the anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the United States. Not only is it the anniversary, but it’s the tenth anniversary, to boot. There is a lot that comes to mind when a tenth anniversary comes around. I know that many media sources have been providing stories about what people were doing when …