About 11 months ago, I wrote about the Envelope Method, an easy way to keep track of your spending where you deposit specific amounts as per your budget into specific physical envelopes, and you only spend money off the envelopes for the intended purpose. I had promised to try the Envelope Method then write about my experience on here, but I totally forgot. Thanks @NotMutant for…
Read MoreThis is hardly the best home for a poem, but this poem by Marrianne Williamson has gotten me through a rather tough week, and I thought it would be good to share it. We all make mistakes, but some mistakes beat on our self esteem more than others. For some, work mistakes get them down while they breeze through life issues, while for others, career…
Read MoreI am no expert at child care, and being a last born who was born with an old soul, I had very little interaction with children growing up, and this is where I need your input. Read my ideas below, and let me know if you think they would work on young children. Do you have additional ideas on fun ways to teach kids about…
Read MoreFirst, apologies for the silence. I have no reason for not posting (I have so many drafts in my notes), just plain old laziness. Today I got a shiny fast computer, hopefully it will keep me motivated to write. I have two e-book projects I am working on (watch this space, one will be free!) and I am learning how to write from Zen Habits by…
Read MoreMany thanks to Bankelele for suggesting that instead of a city, we could model Konza around Doha’s Education City. I’d not heard of the city before, but reading up on it, I like what I see so far. An initiative of the Qatar Foundation For Education, Science and Community Development, the Doha Education City currently hosts six American universities (including the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University), one Qatari…
Read MoreThis is a post by Leo Babauta. I loved it so much, I just had to re-post it. I am struggling with habits, and I’ve found his guide extremely helpful. Enjoy. My daughter wants to work out more, but she has a hard time forming the habit (many of you might be familiar with this problem). From having to get dressed to go to the…
Read MoreWhen we are focused on saving and investing, it is easy to view personal care as an unnecessary luxury. We may view things like gym, medical check up, food supplements, facial, massages, manicures and pedicures as wasteful and unnecessary. As much as we can do without it, personal care is important and contributes to our overall well being. After sitting in the office all week,…
Read MoreDebt is a fact of life for many people of late, especially when it comes to car loans, mortgages and credit cards. The fact that these have become the norm doesn’t mean that your life has to be ruled by debt repayments. Today we look at simple things you can do to manage your debt, and eventually live a debt free life (which I believe…
Read MoreMid December, I decided to take a break from reading my Twitter updates. It wasn’t prompted by a big life event, and I really didn’t have any particular goals in mind. I just wanted to see what role Twitter plays in my life, and to break the habit of checking my Twitter updates every so often. I feel like I’ve had enough, maybe it is…
Read MoreThe other day, our president officiated the “ground breaking” ceremony for a Kshs 800 billion technology city, probably the first of its kind in Sub Saharan Africa. 3 cheers to the president! I think it is a good initiative, we are perfecting the art “borrowing” ideas from other countries, and really, what is Silicon Savannah without a Silicon Valley equivalent? The government will be investing 5% of…
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