You know what’s easier than entrepreneurship? A day job. I say this with emphasis after not having a day job since 2012! I’ve been running a lifestyle business, this site, since I started it in 2009, so I have 13 years of perspective doing both. But let’s go back to September 2012, three months after […]
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If you quit your job, you get no unemployment benefits. The EDD will determine that you don’t need the money, otherwise, you wouldn’t have quit your job. Therefore, if you want to collect unemployment benefits, you must learn how to negotiate a severance and get laid off instead. If you are laid off, you not
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When’ve we are in a Presidential Election year, it’s important we all discuss, understand and get involved. It’s irresponsible not to have a view when so much of our future is at stake. The popular vote is usually divided down the middle. Many are unwilling to see the other side of the story. Life As
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As students, it is trendy and idealistic to be Socialists. It’s just not cool to be a Capitalist while in school. We believe in our leaders and want to help as many people as possible through programs we don’t have to pay for. When we only pay a little or no taxes at all, of
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One thing I plan on doing in retirement is find a potential encore career. As a computer and internet junky who has built up a reasonable size blog, a foray into the social media sector seems like a natural extension. I want to make sure that I exhaust all options before I really kick back
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Do you have an ideal income and amount of work a day? I do. My ideal income is $300,000 for a family of four while working four hours a day. With $300,000 a year, my wife and I can live a relatively middle-class lifestyle in an expensive city like San Francisco. Meanwhile, working four hours
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Back when I wrote this post on July 6, 2012 I had just negotiated a severance from a finance job I held for 13 years. I took a leap of faith and haven’t looked back. Back then, millions were still unemployed from the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Hence, I wanted to search for empathy for the
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I recently came back from a vacation in Hawaii, and believe it or not, I got a job offer! I didn’t mean to get a job offer, but between eating some white puree mangos for breakfast and hitting the waves for some boogie boarding, I decided to reach out to the head of a major
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All I want to do is nothing, if only just for a little while. I’m longing to take a break but my conscience won’t allow it! Let me share my thoughts I had back in May 11, 2012, a month after I negotiated a severance from my 11-year banking job. Longing To Take A Break
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The coronavirus pandemic devastated our economy and caused tens of millions of Americans to become unemployed. A Financial Samurai reader shares what it was like being unemployed during the previous financial crisis. This Is What It’s Like Being Unemployed My name is Rachel, and I was unemployed for just a bit more than 6 months
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