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Now that I am older I can review some financial decisions I have made and shake my head. Fortunately for me I was able to break the cycle of "being broke." The unfortunate part of my past is that I lost a lot time and cash on things that had no REAL value. It started with my first credit card at the age of 18 and escalated to automobiles and foolish product things in between.
Then there's George Dawson who had his book released when he was 101. The book is titled, "Life is So Great." Why did he wait so long to compose a book? George had actually never found out to read till he decided to take an Adult Literacy class when he was 98 years old! He went on to get his GED at the age of 103.
Seeming Self-Employed? Look at your Strengths List and assess what you would enjoy. If you are a people individual, attempt being an Individual Assistant, Personal Buyer, a Specialist, Sales Associate or HR Recruiter.
Jill: For my book, "Through the Rug," I held a combined book signing and party to benefit the Literacy Action Center, in 2006. In July 2007 my hubby and I took a journey to the Northwest Kiwanis Camp to offer for a week with the disabled children. While we were there, I did a reading from for the campers, and taught "The Fishy Song" from my book.
STOP building and construction! Before you start to clean out their space and start construction on your brand-new den there is something you require to know. According to a study conducted by MonsterTrak, 57% of college graduates prepare to move back with their moms and dads after they finish.
1) Save early. Teaching individual financing is at a young age is necessary. Have your kid set aside 40% of the money they receive as early as possible. Given that you are spending for their day-to-day needs (home, food, and clothes), saving 40% of all the money they receive from gifts or work should be a breeze. Plus, out in the real life, they will be paying about 40% of their income in taxes anyhow.
When you hear about or satisfy someone who is functionally illiterate, the point of this post is to bring awareness to this problem and encourage you to have empathy. Maybe you can let them understand there are programs out there that can help them. Hey, absolutely nothing bad ever came from learning to check out, other than possibly back when I remained in kindergarten finding out to split the reading code and came upon the word "PULL" on the fire alarm. Oh well. Hey, I Adult Literacy did as I was told back then.