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School Day Jitters

Posted on June 5, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

June 15, 2010 is the first day of school for my three children. As of now we are slowly purchasing the things they need. Next week is the week they starting to bed early again and that will probably have to be enforced with me too since I have to wake up early to prepare their packed lunch.

This school year is probably the start of a very busy one for us since the homeschoolers will be going to school. We will be dealing with a lot of projects, homeworks, school programs and other school-related issues not excluding financial matters.

Maybe I should start getting wrinkle removers supply for myself in anticipation for all these things 😀

Oh, and maybe this is THE time to start on that time management schedule. For me.

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Thinking Ahead

Posted on June 1, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Uncertainty lurks at every corner and people who have planned well has made steps ahead of time that will not make them vulnerable to unseen changes.

We made such step when the children were young and we got them plans that will somehow ensure something waiting for them when the time is right.

Yes, I am talking about life insurance lead.

We pay for what we can afford and not what we want to have at the end of everything. That was what the agent told me and it  made sense 🙂

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The Couch Needs Some Help

Posted on February 25, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I was looking at some pics when I noticed several tears on the living room couch. Hmmm… to think we don’t even sit there.

Whenever we go to our favorite department store, the kids and I enjoy looking at the furniture there. The couches always attract the most attention from us. Perhaps we know that our current couch needed some improvements to be done. New slipcovers perhaps or side tables?

I know that secretly we wish we could get a new couch but that is not even in the list of priorities.

Perhaps this is the perfect time to shop for a good slipcover cloth design. While there I can perhaps see what would be good for curtains and bedsheets.

What a nice excuse to go to the bargain stores! 😀

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How to Look Busy at Work Part 2

Posted on February 16, 2010 by greenbucks| 1 Comment

Part 2 of How to Look Busy at Work

Keeping yourself preoccupied with other tasks that are not work-related for a whole day or several days is a big no-no. You need to distribute the times you will find time to chat with your friend, or update your profile on you social networking site, if these sites are allowed.

If these are not allowed, uses a proxy to surf the net which you can get for free to help you avoid detection.

Or, have your own wi-fi enabled mobile phone (if there is wi-fi) or netbook (with your own mobile connectivity) where you can check sites that matters most to you (yes, like that treatment for acne site your little sister is pestering you about).

Have props. If you are just going to the bathroom, or have a smoke in the smoking lounge, or visit a friend in another department, bring something with you, like a clipboard or a folder with documents inside to give the impression that you are busy.

Take note of the way you encode. Encoding emails make people encode faster, not unlike when encoding reports, so careful pecking of the keys should be done to ensure the words are being thought about and deliberated.

Keeping busy at work even if one is not actually busy is not an easy task but with time and practice, these things get polished.

Just make sure you deliver what needs to be delivered or else, you would be really busy doing a lot of things.

Or be out of job for slacking too much while on the job.

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Is 2010 the Year of Recovery?

Posted on February 13, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Last year’s financial hardships and its effects are still being dealt with until now and even beyond this year. 2010 is supposed to be a recovery year but it seems that employment rate still has to improve, the housing rescue plans, credit and financial markets still need a lot of room for improvement.

How can these esteemed financial institutions recover if the public’s trust has been broken?

People can’t be forever be given stimulus packages and dole outs.

This is especially true for those who used to earn a lot but now have now because they did not thought these things shall happen to them. Maybe I don’t know what I am talking about since I have not been in such situation but for sure, people who are placed in situations like these (being unemployed, having their businesses closed) should be resilient enough to stand up and try again.

A year and a half ago I have written tips on how to adapt to the changing financial scene. As I was reviewing my post, I find myself nodding to the helpful tips I wrote.

I believe, financial troubles or not, people should be wary of how they handle their expenditures. We can take a lot of lessons from the Chinese who are able to make it good due to their superb handling of their expenditures.

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

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