In just a few weeks, my wife will return to work from maternity leave. I still remember the tentative and concerned look on her face the morning she reported back after having Hazel. It was heartbreaking. Despite having an extra month off this time around, I doubt her feelings will be much different. Like most[…]
Add another Millennial murder to the list. This time, doorbells. According to this Mashable article from last week, we’re out here making doorbells. As ridiculous as it might sound, this one actually makes a lot of sense. Technology has made communication so fluid that both the *ding* and *dong* have been rendered obsolete. There’s absolutely[…]
When it comes to debt repayment, there are two prevailing methods. The first is the avalanche method, which has borrowers pay off the debts with the highest interest rate first. It is the most financially efficient since it results in the least amount of expense. Opposite this approach is the snowball method, which has borrowers[…]
Over the weekend my wife shared an article with me from Harper’s BAZAAR titled “Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden” by Melanie Hamlett. It’s a stellar examination of the emotional lives of men if not masculinity itself. It details why so many men are terrible at making friends, expressing themselves to other[…]
School is closed this week and the girls are home for *Spring Break*. I’m not positive who’s getting a break here, but okay let’s do it. My post this week is actually a follow-up entry to a post I wrote a few weeks ago called, “Parental Advisory Warning”, which touched on the difficulty of setting[…]
I am considered an Old Millennial, which means that as a current thirty-something, I face a distinct set of issues that weren’t on my radar earlier in life. But there’s one issue facing Old Millennials I can’t relate to: being single. I see an abundance of dating apps and think, “Oh wow, it must be[…]
“Laws of nature do not make exceptions for nice people. A bullet has no conscience; neither does a malignant tumor or an automobile gone out of control. That is why good people get sick and get hurt as much as anyone.” ― Harold S. Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People For a few[…]
For those unfamiliar with what a mutual fund wholesaler is, allow me to provide a brief explanation. Asset management companies, who manufacture mutual funds and other investment related products, employ legions of wholesalers to go out in to their geographic territories to educate investment professionals, like me, in hopes that they will sell their products[…]
Last week, I wrote about inflation. Riveting stuff, I know. However, in the post I twice used the phrase, “When I was your age…”, a line that has been used by older generations the world over to express, often with disdain, how the times have changed. Then, it hit me like a double shot of[…]
Immediate gratification is not a Millennial thing, it’s an everyone thing. No one likes to wait, which is why you can pay extra not to. Retailers offer next day shipping, amusement parks offer fast passes to cut the lines and don’t even get me started on instant coffee (if you can call it coffee). We’re[…]