About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: money
Oct
06
2010
Money Ain’t Everything
One of my favourite songs from my teen years was Cyndi Lauper’s “Money isn’t Everything.” It feels like life comes in with built-in looped lessons, themes that repeat constantly throughout our lives. For me, money and patience are two lessons I’m forever learning about. Money, though, is the one that causes me most grief. This year [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, keeping it real, Life 101, money, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society Also tagged balancing, debt, economy, getting by, hand to mouth, hard times, poverty, recession, saving money, savings, survival, wall street 1 Comment
What do we really need for contentment? At what point do our goals cloud “life” itself? How much work is too much work? How much of something is too much anything? How little is too little? There’s no universal answer. The less one can live with, though, the more likely one’s chances of finding contentment. [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Dimestore Philosophy, keeping it real, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), slow, Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged be happy, being happy, big picture, contentment, happiness, have-nots, how to be happy, life, little things, moments, pausing, poor, strapped, thoughts about life 1 Comment
May
19
2010
The Creativity Conundrum
“Either it’ll move me or it’ll move right through me.” - Gordon Downie Lately, life dictates that I consider my creative avenues and where my priorities lie, like anyone who choses a creative life to pursue. The “money” route is easier. Always is. Paying rent’s so rewarding, never mind buying food. But I was raised [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, blogging, Dimestore Philosophy, Ethics, Journalling, Specifically Steff, writing Also tagged choices, creative life, income, making money, money talks, why we write, writing for yourself 3 Comments
Mar
26
2010
And Then There Was Change
I was informed of my layoff yesterday. Wednesday will be my last day, until enough work returns, or the company is forced into harder decisions. Kudos to the bosses, we’ve had an inkling this might happen. I’ve been grilling them weekly to see if changes were happening, but there has been no news, which was [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Journalling, keeping it real, money, Society, Specifically Steff Also tagged changing your life, chasing your dreams, difficult times, economy, hardships, life change, looking for work, out of work, recession, rent, unexpected 4 Comments
So, Uh, About That Tree…