Christmas can be complicated. (I’m using Christmas as an example, but refer to any family holiday that you celebrate). Here are some conversations from this past week: An entrepreneur’s father died much too early. She has decided to spend Christmas week traveling abroad, away from her family. A friend finds the holidays difficult at times since she became
Author: Jo Tango
Year-End Financial Planning
It’s the end of the year, and I’m been doing some financial planning and moves. First, I rebalance our retirement portfolio. As I’ve written before, I have a pretty automatic investment approach for our retirement funds. It’s a tweak based on a strategy that Dave Swensen, head of Yale’s endowment, recommends (more here). Second, charitable
Being ‘Spiritual’ vs. ‘Religious’
Today for Catholics is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. I went to Mass at 6 am. As I thought about the service, it made me think of some recent conversations I’ve had about being “spiritual” and “religious.” A friend asked me if one could be spiritual but not religious. IMO, absolutely so. I was
Hunger
I’m looking to donate to a charity that addresses childhood hunger. It’s personal. Let me explain. Hunger is a theme in my family along two fronts. First, my mother and her siblings. As I’ve written before, they were war refugees. They one day were given a few hours to leave their farm, and they took whatever
Saturday Brownies and True Love
I don’t know about you, but as we slide towards the winter solstice, my energy level goes down. As the daylight period decreases, I find myself needing more sleep. Part of it could be the aging process. I’m pretty familiar with this phenomenon, and many of my friends are, too. I’ve found that continuing to exercise
I’m No Longer Checking LinkedIn
As I’ve written before, I’m trying to be more mindful about into which activities I’m making an emotional investment. So, I’ve decided that I’m no longer checking LinkedIn. It’s not that I don’t think LinkedIn is valuable, for I do, but I’m finding that it is much easier to track people via Twitter, since people