Running Your Home for Fun & Profit
Enjoy saving and making money at home!
Set Your Family Goals Based on Your Values The best family goals will be based on the core values that your family members hold most firmly. So what are “core values”? “My core values” is another way of saying “my most significant beliefs” — those beliefs you hold most firmly to. In the case of family values, these beliefs would be jointly shared by all or most family members. How do you know what those…
Read More
Set Family Goals and Values Life is best if you know what you want to be when you grow up/finish your life development. This is true whether you’re speaking of one person or of a family or any other unit of people. It’s easier to hit your target if you know what it looks like. That having been stated, I would like to ask you to think about your particular situation, and I’m assuming you…
Read More
Holiday Get-Together Step by Step Want to have a fun holiday get-together with friends and family? Avoid a large, expensive party and offer an informal open house instead. This can be a more frugal holiday get-together where you offer hot beverages and finger foods and holiday cookies for refreshments. You can set up non-alcoholic Hot Sips bars in various spots throughout the designated area for food and drink. Provide coffee and flavored creams at one…
Read More
DISCLAIMER: I am not a professional therapist or counselor. I am simply passing along advice that has worked for me in the past. I have been a part of four different family situations, some more successful than others. Maturity has helped me develop insights that totally escaped me in the earlier part of my life. I hope these can reach and teach those who can learn earlier than I did! HOW TO BUILD JOY INTO…
Read More
Celebrations: Blowouts or Cozy? My favorite fun times throughout the year have always been cozy celebrations shared with my family and friends. They’ve involved moderate preparations, moderate costs and major amounts of fun. In this country, though, many people can’t seem to do anything at a moderate level. Want to talk real football? You’ve gotta be talking about the Super Bowl! Want to discuss a nice holiday celebration? Let’s plan a blowout Christmas party with…
Read More
Kaizen is a Japanese word that simply means “change for the better” or “improvement”. It is used for the name of a productivity tool which was originally introduced to the West in a book named Kaizen, the Key to Japan’s Competitive Success, written by a man named Masaaki Imai. As described in the book, kaizen is actually the process of continual improvements, made in small steps, which eventually result in much greater productivity. The idea…
Read More