How To Track Your Expenses

In my post; Personal Finance 101, I mentioned expense tracking as the starting point in coming up with a budget. In this post, I will share 3 expense tracking methods that have worked for me. 1. The Notebook This was the first, probably most archaic method I ever used, but it worked! I basically carried a notebook in my handbag, and had a page for…

kellie January 11, 2012 3 min read

Why Everyone Hates Their Job

This post by Roomthinker and several Twitter conversations with Peter Nduati and Fred got me thinking about our system, and the kind of workers it releases into industry. I want to use a personal story to demonstrate why I think the 8-4-4 system is to blame for the fact that 90% of the people I encounter, go to work because they have to. They hate…

kellie January 9, 2012 5 min read

Cool Graphic

This is a graphical representation of top words used in this blog. Very cool! Thanks to Wordle

kellie January 6, 2012 1 min read

Why It Is Grammer And Not Grammar

Happy New Year guys! I found it fitting to begin the year on a light note. This hopefully ushers in a period of regular blog posts. Whenever I correct a spelling or grammatical error on Twitter, I tag it #GrammerNazi.Predictably, the first @ replies graciously point out that it is #Grammar, at which I insist it’s #Grammer.

kellie January 3, 2012 3 min read