When I was practicing law, my colleagues would talk about how lucky they were to put their kids through college or. "I don't know how we did it, but we put the kids through college , and now we're hoping to start saving for retirement," they'd say. In reality, they were saying much more - "Wow! We're so lucky to barely be able to put the kids through college, now we're just crossing our fingers that we'll be able to start saving enough to retire." I was on that path too, toward a life of just scraping by, where I'd spend just as much (if not more) than I earned, living financially strapped. It was only a matter of time before I made the same comments and had the same financial destiny.
I thought having my own law practice would make me financially free, but my path (owning my own firm) wasn't going to lead me there, as I learned from my colleagues. So I decided to get off the beaten path and head down a road less trodden, as difficult as it might be at first. In the end, the views are worth the extra effort.
Why is it so difficult to get ahead?
1. We unnecessarily spend money on the "latest and greatest," things we don't need.
2. Debt - once we're in the red, and spend based on habit and emotion, it can be very difficult to break patterns, discipline ourselves and get out of debt.
3. Taxes take up to 50 percent of our salary.
Tips
Recognize The Importance
Of Web Traffic
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is one of the techniques to use in order to achieve more traffic to your site. Without a good number of people visiting your webpage, you won't be able to expose your site to potential customers. Thus, you need to recognize the importance of Internet traffic, so that you would be able to take necessary steps in SEO and attain it.
The cabbage soup diet is based on the assumption that diets that contain high fiber but low in fat can help the body lose weight. The cabbage soup is usually made of cabbage, onions and tomatoes. The soup is supposed to be fat-burning as it has a high fiber content. In fact, the more soup that you take in each day, the more calories you will burn and the more pounds you will lose. The taste will be bland so it has to be taken in with other foods.
Read More
Key Points:
1. The affair may be a direct response to the affair of the spouse. "I'll show you! Take this! I want you to hurt as much as I hurt." Or the affair may be revenge for some other form of cut-off or perceived emotional injury: "I'm not getting enough here, so I'll show you!" Or, "There, I got your attention!"
2. This typically occurs in a marriage where effective personal confrontation does not happen or happens ineffectively. There is a mistrust of expressing one's self fully to the other person. The marriage relationship usually is marked by civility, but the two, in essence, do not know each other very well. They are polite, but there is no fire. They may want more, but are not sure how to get more.
Read More
Riddle Me This
Riddle: Which is heavier: a ton of sand or a ton of feathers?
Answer: They're the same: They both weight a ton.
What Is Alternative Medicine?
What is alternative medicine? This is a term used to describe the different forms of medicine other than conventional methods. Alternative medicine includes a wide variety of medical practices including non-European (non-Western) medical practices and will include some new approaches to medicine. There is also a term called complementary medicine. This is a combination of conventional medicine coupled with alternative medicine.
With increasing research and new findings in medicine there is a universal rise in the Western nations of alternative medicine. In the Eastern part of the world, namely the Orient, some forms of alternative medicine has been practiced for many centuries. Part of this trend in the West may be due to the growth of medical education among people and the increased amount of travel to different regions. More literature is now available on this subject and medical societies specializing in different forms of alternative medicine are available.
Some of the most common forms of alternate medicine are:
Acupuncture
Homeopathy
Naturopathic medicine
Osteopathy
Read More
It's Just A Joke
Q: Why is a tax audit like a tornado?
A: There's a lot of screaming and you end up losing your house.
"Smart Internet marketing involves taking something everyone else is selling and 'Twisting' it! It's making anything work even better for you!"