Footlose Old-timer
Bargains, bargains, bargains, and more bargains. Every day, there are bargain sales going on somewhere and they never fail to attract a throng of shoppers – like ants to a slice of cake. They trigger emotions like excitement, happiness, pride in having saved a few bucks and a sense of winning or achievement.
Elderly poverty – shocking but true!Do you know how it is to be broke? A few years after retirement, I was down on my luck. I mean really down. All my business ventures failed, my retirement pension was almost depleted and I still had two kids in college. It was horrible, to say the least,…
Do you know how it feels to look at unpaid bills, yet with nothing to pay them for? I do. Though it happened a long time ago, thinking about them still makes stomach form knots, draws perspiration from my forehead, and raises my blood pressure a bit. They make me cringe in fear that they…
Are you having money problems? You are not alone. A lot of people, worldwide, have the same problem. While younger adults can survive it, seniors often find it difficult to wiggle around the problem. Because of age, they have very few mitigation measures to rely on. And it is ironic that it comes at a…
Have you been a victim of financial exploitation? You probably have, but didn’t know about it or too embarrassed to admit it. Well, you are not alone. Statistics show that 26% of adult Americans have become victims of financial exploitation at some point in their lives, with 57% of them aged 50 and above. That’s…
Do you know that people like What do Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Mark Zuckerberg, to name a few, have two things in common? First, they are not only rich but the super-rich. Second, they live on a budget. As incredulous it may seem, they do budget their expenses – the size of which,…