Recession Forecast: Dark & Stormy

Posted On: September 20, 2018
Comments: No Responses After a long and self-indulgent break, the Spendology category is pleased to get off the recliner and return to the turf of BreakAway. And thus ends the good news—and the party. Because we are here…

Career Breaks: Better When Not Broke

Posted On: March 6, 2016
Comments: No Responses This week, Fast Company released a sobering article for anyone drunk on debt or worried about an economy that’s become a tipsy house of (credit) cards. Stephanie Vozza shares her family’s saga about getting spanked…

Retirement $: Be Very Afraid!

Posted On: July 24, 2014
Comments: No Responses Thank goodness the good people at Meet Plan Go offered me a gig to write about Baby Boomer travel and career breaks—or this blog might get lost on Summer BreakAway. That said, I’ve been enjoying…

Faith vs. Fear: Boomers Speak Out at MSP Meet-up

Posted On: March 20, 2014
Comments: 2 Responses “I’m old!” In her final few years, that was Grandma’s response when anyone asked “How are you?” It’s true; she was in her 90s, and finally feeling her age. Still, she lived alone on her…

Prepping to Leave: An A to Z Guide

Posted On: October 11, 2012
Comments: 2 Responses One night next week, the travel gurus at Meet, Plan, Go Minneapolis will have me serve as an Expert in “Prepping to Leave.” Ish! I mean, that’s often the hardest part of a career break.…

Countdown @ 9: $ Matters

Posted On: May 27, 2012
Comments: No Responses You don’t want to think too much about $ when planning a BreakAway for four people. But you can’t ignore it either. And you’re guaranteed to have some snags get into your face. Today’s short…

Loyalty Programs: Bogus!

Posted On: December 11, 2011
Comments: No Responses Everybody’s looking for a way to save money these days.  And nobody’s got more brilliant ideas than Corporate America.  You can’t buy a cup o’ jo or a paperclip without some store-clerk puppet mouthing that…

Freedom from Financial Angst

Posted On: July 4, 2011
Comments: No Responses What does freedom mean to you?  Americans continue to feud about that question like the Hatfields and McCoys.  But to this Yankee, personal freedom means, above all, freedom from financial angst.  Life is too short…

American (Money) Idiots

Posted On: December 2, 2010
Comments: No Responses 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…

TrendMaster Robyn Waters Tells Her Story

Posted On: March 14, 2010
Comments: One Response Robyn Waters has done it all—and she’s not done yet!  That’s why this month she’s off to Spain and Morocco.  But not until she’s made a speech at a major New York design show.  Taken…