Author: Jana
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52 Ways to Live Richly Reasonable: Theater tickets
Growing up in New York, I was fortunate to have access to Broadway shows. Not only was Manhattan less than a half hour from my house, but my parents placed tremendous value on my sisters and I having the theater experience. As a member of my school’s chorus, we would take field trips to Broadway…
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52 Ways to Live Richly Reasonable: Pets
I once read a report that said petting a dog or cat can reduce blood pressure. I read another report that said children growing up with pets are more responsible and have less allergies. I read a third report that said pet owners live longer than non-pet owners. Now, I don’t know if any of…
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Teachable Moments and Breaking The Cycle of Poor Money Skills
As a parent who struggled with debt during most of her child’s life (granted, she’s not quite 5 but it’s still a long time), I have made a resolve to teach her the money skills I never learned as a child. I want her to avoid the struggles, frustrations, depression and anger that go along…
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Introducing 52 Ways to be Richly Reasonable
One of the things I love most about this site is the name—Richly Reasonable. To me that name evokes a certain kind of image and represents a level of maturity it’s taken me a long time to achieve. To me, that name means that we can all have a rich life as long as it’s…
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52 Ways to Live Richly Reasonable: Make-up, part 2
Last time, I talked about how to save money on more expensive makeup. Now we’re going to talk about how to stretch the life of that makeup and other beauty products. After all, if you’re going to spend the money, you want to make them last. Here are a just a few of the ways…
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The best things in life are free
I spent a very long, cold afternoon this weekend at my local Halloween parade. Each year, the city closes down Main Street for a Halloween parade followed by trick-or-treating for the kids. It’s very chaotic and very disorganized. And it’s very cold. But, the kids find it fun (this was the first year my daughter…