Posted On: December 2, 2010
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We Merr’kuns may still be learning our money math. But if a downturn is good for anything, it’s for ruthless fiscal forehead-gripping—for economists and Joe 6-Packs alike.
The good news: Americans are reducing their credit…
Posted On: October 24, 2010
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I couldn’t be happier that the career break movement is finally getting legs.
But I’m also acutely aware that many people who used to be racing toward retirement are finding themselves stuck in an increasingly…
Posted On: April 16, 2010
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When schlepping more stuff into the house the other day, a brilliant idea hit me:
How about a family project in which we try to acquire nothing new for one month. (Okay, except for food…
Posted On: March 5, 2010
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Which is more important: How you spend your money…or your time?
Over the past decade and around the world, people are increasingly eating out, ordering in, and picking up their edibles. Such habits may save…
Posted On: January 12, 2010
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Sabbatical fans have watched with wide eyes as global mammoth KPMG/Britain hit hard times, sought solutions beyond firing, and found success.
Their “Flexible Futures” concept offered TIME in exchange for money. And 80% of the…
Posted On: December 31, 2009
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Coral Bay on St. John offers a stunning setting for a retreat, and I’ve loved this place for 21 years now. But unlike a family farm, getaway sites feel eerily ephemeral. CB may be “where…
Posted On: November 12, 2009
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photo by Kirk Horsted
Married With Children families are no longer the norm in this country, but they still command attention and fill the portrait of the American Dream. A few generations ago, two incomes…
Posted On: September 26, 2009
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photo by Kirk Horsted
This darn recession shows little sign of mellowing. Oh sure, the economic indicators and trading markets look better. But without the infusion of massive (borrowed) cash courtesy of Uncle Sam, we’d…
Posted On: September 19, 2009
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The suffering economy may be leading people to couponing and cocooning, but we’re still suffocating in stuff. Gosh, when I recently took some high-quality clothes to a local consignment store, they rejected almost all of…
Posted On: July 7, 2009
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One cool trend emerging from the global downturn is that some savvy firms that are not just firing folks, but offering them Sabbaticals instead. Talk about civilized, sane, and exciting. Yet employees, even highly paid…
