My husband calls me a catastrophist, because I always think about the worst case scenarios. “What can go wrong,” I often wonder, no matter what the situation might be. I blame my anxieties on a series of unexpected events: a pulmonary embolism, peripheral neuropathy, a flawed medical system that nearly failed me, years of infertility, […]
Money Mentality
Live Simply, Quit Your Job and Follow Your Dreams
“How will you spend your thirtieth birthday?” a friend asked while we snacked on sushi. “Celebrate?” my friend M responded. “I’ll spend it crying. I set my expectations too high for thirty,” she said. “I had such big dreams and I haven’t achieved any of them.” “What did you want to accomplish?” another friend asked. […]
Should I Quit My Job If It Makes Me Unhappy?
Why do people stay in high paying jobs they hate? For the money, of course. You drive to work each day dreading the next eight hours, yet every day you climb into your car and repeat the same commute. You sit at work feeling miserable. As the day-to-day agony continues you begin to question your […]
Dream About Money: The Meaning Behind Money Dreams
What does it mean when you dream about money? It depends precisely on what you did with that money. What happened to the money in your dreams? Did you count, lose, find, hold, lend, withdraw or steal money in your dream? Each of these money dreams have a very different meaning. What is your subconscious […]
When Rich Feels Like A Dirty Word
As our children snacked on orange slices and blueberries a new friend and I chatted under a shady pavilion. We asked each other introductory questions like: What do you like to do for fun? Where did you grow up? You know the basic stuff. Eventually we finished eating and began to pack up. One minute […]