Because I am so organized (/sarcasm), I already had my post lined up with the recap of the past two weeks, but on Friday night we were hit by a big storm. It had been a really hot and heavy week, the poor guys working on the land development tracing the plots were exhausted and… Read more
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Why I care about financial literacy and why you should too
Good morning! Today I have teamed up with a few other blogs around Shannon from The Heavy Purse to help promote Financial Literacy Month. What is financial literacy? According to Wikipedia, financial literacy is the ability to understand how money works in the world: how someone manages to earn or make it, how that person… Read more
Stay at home vs working mum: Factoring all the costs
I had an interesting talk with my sister last time I visited, about why she would go back to work now that she has my adorable niece. My sister works in a daycare center, she stays with 10 kids who aren’t hers all day, then comes back home and does more of the same. The… Read more
Workers’ rights: a financial case study
Staying in work is something millions of people are happy to settle for, especially in the current climate where many are out of work and struggling to find a job. Those fortunate enough to be in work will be happy to take home a wage at the end of every week/month, but what about their… Read more
Business conference call can make all the difference
If you own a business, you’ll want to get the most from your money. As well as making savings when necessary, you’ll want to get value from whatever you buy. Communication is one of the biggest overheads any enterprise can have, so anything shaved off the cost of speaking to clients whether over… Read more
Can cheap labor make you lazy?
Before I moved to Guatemala, I was looking at houses in the South of France. For the same price, I would have gotten a run down house, that I would have had to fix myself. There I was, daydreaming about my carpenter self, my mason self and my architect self. Yeah, sure. Most likely, I… Read more
Earn money while traveling? (part 2)
This post is continued from last week’s post No income while traveling? No problem! as a small series answering a reader’s question about how I manage my income while traveling the world. I spent the first year after graduating college traveling around the world, and backpacking on a tight budget. What I did after a year of… Read more
Little house in Guatemala, week 1
Happy Monday everyone! Time to start a weekly update about the Guatemalan land, don’t you think? I have been so busy last week, with the move, getting settled, no light… that I had little time to write, let alone get online and share. But here I am! Let’s start with a photo tour of the… Read more