Resist the temptation to continue struggling and stressing. It is selfish and places the burden of meaningful change on others. No one gives you a prize for being the most exhausted when you die. Does the new hospital wing have your name on it? If not, why? Is one of the many Roaring Fork nonprofits […]
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Money Juice: Stop budgeting; start reminiscing
There was a show on television in the 1950s called “This Is Your Life.” In black and white, celebrities would be lured into a classic Burbank, California NBC studio and surprised with delightful accounts of their lives. People would share stories, photos, and videos and the darling subject would be swept off their feet with […]
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Money Juice: Your net worth does equal your self-worth
I’m not interested in shaming anyone, especially when it comes to money matters. However, the stark truth about your net worth is that it’s proportionately related to what you believe you’re capable of. It’s astonishing how much of our financial landscape is dictated by our inner landscape. What is net worth? Net worth is defined […]
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Money Juice: How will a drop in federal interest rates impact your finances?
Sept. 17 and 18, y’all. The Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve System’s monetary policy-making arm, will meet again to discuss whether to lower interest rates or not. Speculation is high! Here’s what Investopedia.com thinks: “Some experts expect the Fed to hold rates steady at a target of 5.25%-5.50%, as the Fed still waits […]
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Money Juice: Think of your expenses as additive
Follow the Yellow Brick Road We are taught to view our expenses as subtractive, as life obstacles to be negotiated. In terms of budgeting, we are told to trim, sacrifice and find ways to reduce our spending. Of course living within one’s means is the baseline goal, but I believe we need to think about […]
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Money Juice: Three fast tips to grow your money
Money Juice is all about getting people on a path to sustainable wealth while having fun in the process. Does money stress you out? If you think developing wealth is a pie-in-the-sky goal for people who already have money, you are sadly mistaken. Growing money is for all of us. Money likes to grow. It’s […]
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Your fears are keeping you broke
By Megan Janssen Have you ever caught yourself graphically daydreaming your own demise? Plummeting down a flight of white-tiled stairs, getting side swiped by your neighbor’s Ford while taking the trash bin out, making one faulty step at the canyon’s edge, being at the exact spot an airplane door falls from the sky… A few […]
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‘Baye & Asa’ refine dance in the RFV
Since childhood, growing up in New York City, Amadi “Baye” Washington and Sam “Asa” Pratt have danced together. As adults, they formed a dance company, “Baye & Asa,” to continue exploring the edges of possibility in movement. This month, May 12-20, they will be in residency with Dance Initiative, developing choreography and teaching classes. The […]
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Uniting the nation with dance
What does it mean to belong — to a community, to a place, to our own bodies? Artist Helanius J. Wilkins and collaborator A. Ryder Turner are embarking on a massive project, spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., to hold that question like a mirror on the disparate states of America. It’s called “The […]