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What’s Your Ideal Work Day Like?

April 3, 2013 – 4:16 pm | 32 Comments
What’s Your Ideal Work Day Like?

I hate the ominous feeling of treading back into work after a long vacation.  It’s almost depressing to have to go back after a long and restful holiday.  Actually, it is downright depressing.
I was talking …

How to Start Your Own Online Business or Blog

February 27, 2013 – 6:08 pm | 6 Comments
How to Start Your Own Online Business or Blog

Even though I graduated with an engineering degree four years ago, my programming skills were pretty sub par at the time.  I took a few HTML/CSS, C++ and Matlab intensive classes but I always figured …

An Argument for the Social Security Program to Continue

February 3, 2013 – 10:09 pm | 4 Comments
An Argument for the Social Security Program to Continue

There are very few programs in the US which are understood less than the Social Security program.  You’ll hear a lot of mis-information about Social Security.  “You’ll never get what you put into it!”  “I’ll …

How Much Money Would it Take to Leave a Great Life?

December 12, 2012 – 6:55 pm | 25 Comments
How Much Money Would it Take to Leave a Great Life?

When I graduated college four years ago, I faced a tough job market with very few prospects.  I had a couple interviews but I was only offered one position as a navigation/systems engineer in Palmdale, …

A Review of My Experience With Car2go San Diego: A Car Sharing Service

December 2, 2012 – 7:36 pm | 10 Comments
A Review of My Experience With Car2go San Diego: A Car Sharing Service

Although Car2go hasn’t reached every major city yet, there is probably some type of car sharing service available in your local metropolitan.  Whether it’s Zipcar or some other service, the idea of car sharing has …

Should You Stay or Should You Go?

November 17, 2012 – 8:27 pm | 2 Comments
Should You Stay or Should You Go?

The following article is a guest post.  If interested in submitting a guest post, please read my guest posting policy and then contact me.
They say the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. When …

I’ve Joined the Yakezie Challenge

August 19, 2012 – 1:22 pm | 17 Comments
I’ve Joined the Yakezie Challenge

I know summer is coming to an end for most of the country, but here in San Diego, my favorite month of the year is coming up.  September brings some great weather and the ocean …

6 Month Anniversary and Site Re-Design

July 10, 2012 – 9:45 pm | 6 Comments
6 Month Anniversary and Site Re-Design

Site Re-Design
You may have noticed that I completely changed the theme to the site over the past couple days.  I wanted to make the site a little bit more aesthetically pleasing and easier to navigate …

Reader Question: What Should I Do With My 401k?

March 22, 2012 – 5:18 pm | 2 Comments
Reader Question: What Should I Do With My 401k?

David writes in, “I waste my money on having a personal Financial Advisor w/ Merrill Lynch.  He gets 1% of everything invested annually.  I cut him a quarterly check and he picks which mutual funds to …

Should I Donate to a Charity Like Invisible Children?

March 15, 2012 – 8:35 pm | One Comment
Should I Donate to a Charity Like Invisible Children?

Last week, Invisible Children launched a passionate video aimed at bringing social awareness to the capture of famous Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.  They set a modest goal of half a million views by the end …