I have an old MP3 player lying around. I bought it about 8 years ago and it haven’t been in use much since then. I keep it because it is a symbol for me of my own past mistakes and situations we hopefully won’t find ourselves in again. Ever. So we bought this MP3 player […]
The Grass is Always Greener…..
When l look at others, it often seems as though they have it much easier than I. I am guessing that some people think the same when they look at me. Because that is probably how it is; we look at others and everything looks, easier, better, more successful (you can continue the list) to […]
What is Better when it comes to Money? Behavior or knowledge?
Most of us have been on a diet one time or another. Most of us have tried all kind of different methods of loosing weight. Most of have tried looking for that easy way to do it but have yet again failed. Why? Because we know, more or less, how it goes, right? To loose […]
Fail to Plan or Plan to Fail?
I few nights ago I was out running. It had been a week (or two) since the last time. About ten minutes into the run I was thinking to myself: “Why don’t I do this more often and more importantly, why don’t I keep it up regularly?” The thing is that sometimes I feel like […]
Good to Have or Have to Have?
It can be difficult, but very worthwhile, to try and differentiate between things that we have to have (meaning that we can’t live without) and things that are good to have (meaning that we can live without them). It is difficult because it sometimes seems like that we have to have everything and that there […]
What Makes Us Happy?
The issue of happiness is something I have spent a lot of thought on and continue to think about, especially when it comes to money and the relation between the two (link to an earlier post on the subject here). It is an interesting subject that I don’t think that we will ever understand fully, […]
Pros and Cons of Paying with Cash
Almost every day we make some kind of payment. Today’s technology makes it possible to make those payments in a number of ways. If we take a look at the history of money (see this link for a cute movie on the subject) we see that what we today call payments in cash, have been […]