: About Me

I love to write. I majored in English in college, switching to journalism when I didn't believe my Adviser when he said "It's not what you DO with and English major, it's what you ARE." But I hated journalism. So, while I did get my first real job writing letters for an insurance company, I eventually chased the paycheck and spent two decades in the computer industry. My writing fell by the wayside.

I started writing again when my nest emptied out and I stumbled across Helium. I love using this site to see what works and what doesn't. And I really enjoy the rating system. It draws me into subjects I wouldn't bother with otherwise.

Politically, I am a little to the right of liberal. Philosophically, I believe in live and let live.
Even though I'm a computer geek, about all I can do with my cell phone is make phone calls, when I remember to take the darned thing with me. And I have to call the fledgling back to the nest to program the VCR.

nebro@aol.com

My passion is ...

Books and beaches

I know too much about ...

All sorts of useless trivia

My parents always told me ...

The dishes aren't going to wash themselves

My childhood ambition ...

Make enough money to hire a maid to do the dishes

My favorite memory ...

My first trip to the beach - without my parents (I love you Mom)

Why I write ...

The trivia has to go somewhere.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

XM - whatever decade I feel like at the moment - and Clapton of course.

My first job ...

Nurse's Aid

My best moment ...

Becoming a mother - and not dropping the baby the first time I picked her up.

My inspiration ...

Hmmm, I'll get back to you on that

Personal Finance > Managing Credit & Debt (Other) 10 steps to financial freedom

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Ask ten people what financial independence means and you will get ten different answers. The responses are as different as the financial situations and desires of the people you ask. But ask ten people who consider themselves financially independent how they got there and their answers will include a combination of most of the following 10 guidelines. 1. Buy only what you need. Everyone needs to splurge every once in a while. But financially independent people live within their means. Concentrate on the big items. Do you need a new car every three years? Of course not. If your aging car's ...

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