As 2008 was ushered I wanted to take a few moments to look back and remember another good year. The Happy Pebble Jr. joined The Rock Garden in January Stayed Debt Free and saved substantial money towards a 20% down payment on a bigger house MBA from Drexel University Completed Renovated and placed our condo on the market Continued at a stable good paying job Increased side income from blogging and other online ventures The Happy Rock readership has tripled in 2008 Blog traffic is up 400% to about 400 hits a day Pretty good year! It is amazing what [...]
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This post will be part of a larger series called Friends Matter, which will discuss some of the ways that our social networks can support or hamper our personal journeys. “She has been starting to run with a bad crowd.” At some point we have all heard a parent respond to a question about their teenager’s objectionable behavior with this common phrase. The underlying principle is that ‘who we associate with can play a big role in our choices and actions’. Ironically, we don’t see parents responding with “He has fallen in with a good crowd” when someone complements their [...]
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