Tag Archives: Finance

What to do, what to do!

By Julie Laurin | Published: April 15, 2011

Living life in the fast lane for the past little while has meant that I’ve had to set some things aside.  It’s funny because I went from doing barely anything because I was sick last year to then wanting to do everything at once!  I had a certain urgency inside of me – a roaring [...]

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Your degree is worthless

By Julie Laurin | Published: September 21, 2010

Ouch.  I’m going to piss off a lot of academics with this post.  But I have to write it – it’s been brewing inside of me for far too long.  I’m writing for the students.  I’m writing for the kids these days who keep on saying “why am I doing this again?”.  I’m writing it [...]

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Living the Simple Life: The Basics (part one)

By Julie Laurin | Published: April 17, 2010

I’ve had a lot of time to read and to watch documentaries as of late.  And I’ve had time to spend some of my quit smoking fund money on ordering more books online. I finally bought a copy of classic books I haven’t read yet like The Catcher in the Rye, Catch 22 and The [...]

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