The rat race can be very exhausting, not to mention routine. Sometimes you just wake up one morning and you’re just not excited to go to work anymore. What happened to all that career drive? Don’t worry, you’re not getting lazier. It’s just that your interests are taking a detour. Maybe you’re tired of taking [...]

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If you agree with our previous post that it’s important for your kids to learn the value of money, you might want to encourage him about getting a summer job. If it’s your kid’s first time to apply for a summer job, he’ll definitely need your help. Give him clues on how to get hired. [...]

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Did you know that you can earn through shopping? Shopping is not just about spending – well not anymore. Shopping has now become a way of living, and a profession. If you can’t get enough of the mall, then consider this as a way to earn extra bucks! Earn extra income by shopping for other [...]

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Still losing your lunch money? You’re all grown up and still you’re losing some cash; this time to a new kind of bullies – pickpockets. If you’ve see the movie Oliver (okay, this is old old school), you must have realized that pickpockets rule the streets. They’re everywhere, ready to snatch everything you hold dear [...]

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What’s the one talk kids try to evade from their willing parents? Well this isn’t that talk but it’s just as important. Get your kids around the living room and get them into the money talk. Now that’s something they can really use in the future. Since you won’t always be around, you might wanna [...]

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Well, I have to apologize for the lack of updates for the past couple of days here in LifeSpy. It’s because, I got pulled out for the time being to work on Bloggy Network’s latest service over at Blog Flux. And if you’re a blogger, Blog Flux has got the arsenal. One of the latest [...]

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Going green is always a good idea. If you support the government’s campaigns to reduce the pollution in our environment, you’ll need help. Start inside your home. Change starts from bottom up. It would be pointless if you can’t have your own time to do your own green goals. Here are things both of you [...]

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Why do people invest so much on their careers and work 24/7 as if there’s no tomorrow? For reasons more profound than immediate need and bills, people work hard because they want to be comfortable after their retirement. Now of course things don’t always go the way you planned them, but it can sure save [...]

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Some people may feel that they can never have too much jewelry. True, after all, no one can ever have enough of a good thing. And good, classic jewelry is as good as it gets. But for the more practical ones, or for the others who have yet to start their collection of “bling-bling,� here [...]

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Fact – the more glamorous your life is, the more you need money. Large houses need care. Cars need maintenance. Heck, even designer clothes need to be dry cleaned. How many times have we seen lottery millionaires (or even rock stars) eventually go bankrupt just because they don’t know how to manage their money. You [...]

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… a month! And oh, wait… Wait for it… for 12 months! Just when you thought you’re getting a bargain, Kelly’s Sales and Leasing is offering a rent-to-own arrangement for a Nintendo Wii (which is currently priced at a relatively cheap $250) that would, in the end, cost you a grand total of $948 – [...]

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So you want to be rich without working hard? There’s only one way to do it and the word is “fund raising”. Nah, I’m kidding. Fund raising is not for people who want to make money out of it, and it’s not exactly easy, either. Fund raising is a very rewarding initiative if you have [...]

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Lenders study and scrutinize your credit reports before they give you any money. So if you you’re thinking of applying for a loan to get that new house or new car, then you definitely have to improve your credit scores. Credit reports reflect everything about your money matters — all information about late payments and [...]

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Amit over at Digital Inspiration wrote this great article on the modus operandi of the AdSense click fraud scheme in India. India ranks among the highest in click fraud (as shown in the map above, via Click Forensics). So basically what they do is: You basically create a website and then write a few articles [...]

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While it is essential to build a good credit rating, that doesn’t mean that you have to pile up your debt and amass a lot of credit cards. In fact, money and finance gurus would advice the common person to throw away all but one of the (average of) nine credit cards in his/her wallet. [...]

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