In my previous post I offered an exercise — sorry, you have do the exercises if you want to get in shape — which elicited from you the values you currently hold about your family. By ranking those values, you should have a conscious sense (perhaps for the first time) of what’s at stake as [...]
In the present economic climate there are many challenges to family life. One challenge is that if you have a job these days, your employer is probably demanding more and more time from you, leaving you with less time for your family. The kids want to see more of you and you’re simply not available [...]
In my last post about finances, I suggested the relatively straightforward task of doing an inventory of your finances. This included listing all forms of income and all forms of expense. (You did do it, didn’t you? After all, the only way you’re going to have your life as you want it is if you [...]
If you’re an ordinary Jane or Joe, few things in your life are as scary as the words “money”, “finances”, “business”, “debt”, or “mortgage”. Even terms like “balance the checkbook” have a way of giving us a shudder that is usually reserved for Jaws or “the plague”. This is perfectly understandable. After all, most of [...]
