Tag: money
-
The Two Currencies of Relationships
Every good relationship contains two things: intimacy and mutual service. I don’t just mean romantic relationships; whenever you find a relationship valuable, it is because you’re getting at least one of those two needs met by that relationship. When you find a relationship hard to sustain, or damaging, it’s because it fails to provide (or provides negative…
-
In 2014, I was 28
It was my birthday on Saturday. I was born 29 years ago from the date. And to follow up a thing I started last year, I’m going to take it as an opportunity for some very direct navel-gazing. Work & Finances In 2014, I was making good money working in a company I co-own and…
-
Personal Annual Report: In 2013 I was 27
I had an idea about half-way through last year that doing an annual review was a pretty good idea. I also had the idea that it would be nice to anchor it to my birthday which is at the end of January. Dates are mostly meaningless, but that one would be memorable to me and…
-
Simple Truths, Commuting, and Wisdom
Anyone who’s been reading Frozen Toothpaste long knows all too well about my theory that just about every important truth about life can be quickly reduced to a statement so banal that people ignore it. The classic example I reach for is “money can’t buy happiness”, which almost everyone acquiesces to at some level. Few…
-
Money as a Game
I’ve been thinking a fair amount lately about the idea of “gamification”–yes, it’s an atrocious word but a useful concept. I’m sure there’s value in thinking about how we can bring the most successful aspects of games into the concrete world of physical people and objects. I know there are many activities I should be…
-
Watching America’s Game
IowaPolitics.com It’s chaos. It’s a circus. It’s a money parade. It’s undemocratic. It’s pointless. It’s cheap drama. It’s the real American Idol. That’s right everyone, it’s the middle of America’s presidential politicking season. I could make a list, but I doubt I need to. You know that many people–in America, but especially in stable parliamentary…
-
On Writer’s Block, Procrastination, and a Solution
Writer’s block is a funny thing. When you don’t have it, you tend to wonder what everyone is so upset about. When you do have it you wonder how you ever managed to write anything. There are certainly a number of possible causes for the disease. The most likely, if you want my opinion, is…