Joining the Yakezie Challenge Alexa ranking

Joining the Yakezie Challenge

What is the Yakezie Challenge? The Yakezie Challenge is a challenge put forth to join the Yakezie network of finance bloggers. The challenge is over a 6 month time frame and consists of: Blogging 2-4 times per week Guest blogging and promoting others Aiming to get an Alexa rating of …

First Decade

Reflections On My First Decade As an Adult

 It’s hard to believe that I have been an official adult for 10 years.  The time has just flown by, but I guess that is what happens when you are busy.  Most people who know me in the real world would be surprised that I have only been an adult …

How Lucky we are

How Lucky We Are

For the most part, I don’t believe in luck. I love the quote, “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” I try to look out into the future and set myself up so that down the road, as opportunities present themselves, I am ready to take advantage of them.  So for …

minimum wage

Will Increasing the Minimum Wage Hurt Workers?

I firmly believe in capitalism and that supply and demand dictate prices for all categories of an economy. Many years ago I worked at KFC, first as a drive thu worker, then as a cook. I worked there for three years total.  I started making $5.50 an hour and I …