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Do You Tip House Painters?

Allen Francis / August 27th, 2020 / 1 Comment

When I was a young college student, I took a date to a fancy Asian cuisine restaurant near our college. The food was good, but as we ate dessert, I noticed there was a penny in my ice cream. I am getting queasy culinary flashbacks now from the memory. I balked at paying a tip and the hostess argued with me. Young and naïve, I paid a dollar. I wish I could go back in time and change that. Does every...

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You Can Live in Barbados for a Year Right Now – Here’s How

Allen Francis / August 15th, 2020 / No Comments

Sometimes, the only way to make sense of, or escape, the suffering in one’s life is to become a spectator to it. What does that mean? Well, sometimes you need to focus on the cause of the suffering as much as the suffering to find a solution. For example, the coronavirus pandemic of early 2020 caused a forced unemployment crisis not seen since the Great Depression. We know live in a world with,...

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How Adopting a Zero Waste Lifestyle Can Save You Money

Allen Francis / August 10th, 2020 / No Comments

Want to know an easy way to save $1,000 every 3 to 5 years? Stop buying paper towels and just buy reusable and financially empowering bamboo paper towels. It’s an easy way to adapt to a zero waste lifestyle and save more money. Does that sound too New Age-y for you? Well, it shouldn’t. The world is running out of resources and we waste too much money on resources that can be often reused. It’s...

Posted in: Environment and Envrionmental, Minimalism and Frugality, Money, Personal Finance, saving money, Saving Money Tagged with: zero waste lifestyle

Never, Ever Buy These Items From the Dollar Store

Allen Francis / July 29th, 2020 / No Comments

A bargain is something you don’t really need, and probably don’t even really want, but desire because of irresistible pricing. And dollar stores perfected the proprietary art of making low-quality and cheap items look like bargains. A lot of dollar store products are items of inferior quality. Many are sold in deceptively repackaged, smaller-sized quantities to fool you into paying more than you...

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