DISCLAIMER: I am not a financial advisor and this should not be taken to be financial advice. You should consult a financial professional for advice. I am a financial amateur. These are my thoughts and opinions on money that I have recorded here for my children, with the hope that my thoughts might help them. …
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DISCLAIMER: I am not a financial advisor and this should not be taken to be financial advice. You should consult a financial professional for advice. I am a financial amateur. These are my thoughts and opinions on money that I have recorded here for my children, with the hope that my thoughts might help them. …
Continue reading “Money 101 (#2): What is money good for? Can’t buy me love.”
DISCLAIMER: I am not a financial advisor and this should not be taken to be financial advice. You should consult a financial professional for advice. I am a financial amateur. These are my thoughts and opinions on money that I have recorded here for my children, with the hope that my thoughts might help them. …
I sewed my son’s Halloween costume this year and whenever someone learns this they have a reaction of, “Wow, that’s amazing, sewing seems complicated,” mixed with some gender surprise of, “Men sew too?” My mom taught me to sew when I was young and the secret is that there is no secret. Sewing (at least …
Sometimes I think of something very important that I’m afraid I’ll forget—like that I need to buy more toilet paper or more noodles to make dinner. In order to ease my mind about the possibility of forgetting, I think of thoughts as orbiting my head and that the most important ones are on circular paths …
The wild animal park near our house has an aviary that is enclosed so that the birds don’t fly away. Outside of the enclosure, there are flamingos. I asked the groundskeepers why they’re not afraid of the flamingos flying away and they said because they clipped their wings. Looking at the flamingos, I couldn’t tell. …
There’s a basketball arcade game that looks a lot like basketball because it has a hoop and some basketballs. But it’s not basketball—you have no teammates, there are no opponents, the ball is smaller, and there are multiple balls. The game is different. And if you play it like basketball, you will lose badly to …
This past weekend we went to a restaurant to celebrate my father-in-law’s and brother-in-law’s birthdays. My wife made a reservation 3 weeks in advance to ensure that we could sit at an outdoor table where we would feel safer given the COVID-19 circumstances. However, when we arrived at the restaurant, we were told that it …
Once you have something, you can lose it. When I bought a gallon of milk, I didn’t think it was at risk because my power might go out and the milk might spoil, but I was nonetheless taking a risk. When restaurant owners open a restaurant, they know they’re taking a risk. The waitress at …
My power is out right now and scheduled to be out for about 28 hours. I’m sitting in the dark. My mom called me to recommend a TV show but when she found out my power was out, she didn’t want to talk too long so that she wouldn’t use up my phone battery and …
