by agnes | Nov 12, 2013 | Getting Down To Business, It's The Life In Your Years, On A Personal Note...
My alma mater is UVic – the University of Victoria. Their alumni magazine is called The Torch and an article in the latest edition really hit home for me. http://agnesknowles.ca/torch-autumn-2013 On page 14 is an article by Brad Buie, BA ’99 called The Meaning...
by agnes | Nov 7, 2013 | Finding Focus, It's The Life In Your Years
I have a question for you today. When I started this post, I was going to ask you how you would answer this question. I was going to qualify it by saying I don’t mean “world peace” or “end child poverty”. Those are huge social issues that...
by agnes | Nov 6, 2013 | Finding Focus, It's The Life In Your Years
I love being in this on-line space. I love the challenge; I love being able to speak to people without tapping them on the shoulder and getting in their face. I love the learning curve; I love the creative expression. I love taking a passion and putting it into words,...
by agnes | Oct 16, 2013 | Getting Down To Business, It's The Life In Your Years
Recently I had a surprise encounter with Russell Brunson! For those of you who are wondering who Russell Brunson is, his bio tells us he was an internet...
by agnes | Oct 4, 2013 | It's The Life In Your Years
All week I have been empathizing over the reasons why you can’t retire as you had hoped to / planned to. I found an interesting site yesterday… felt like a good Friday-night-with-a-glass-of-wine type browsing… Enjoy! (and I’d love to hear where you would...
by agnes | Aug 29, 2013 | Getting Down To Business, It's The Life In Your Years, On A Personal Note...
Mary Jane West from Brooklyn, New York. I think it was her frisky irreverence that triggered my affection for Mae West – she was spunky at a time when spunky women raised eyebrows and challenged the morals of the day. She was, however, an advocate for...
by agnes | Aug 11, 2013 | Blog, Getting Down To Business, It's The Life In Your Years
My last few posts have been about the work involved in starting an on-line business. There is also a lot of fun you can have as well. Some time ago I entered a Video Challenge. I find that entering challenges is a really good way to kickstart something new in...
by agnes | Apr 15, 2013 | Getting Down To Business, It's The Life In Your Years, On A Personal Note...
I up-graded to my very first Smart Phone yesterday. Never really needed one before. I have always maintained that my phones were there for my convenience, and the world of apps and games were the “thing” of the younger set. But when life and livelihood...
by agnes | Jan 29, 2013 | It's The Life In Your Years
Everyone reading this post will have a different idea about what the dream retirement looks like. I found a new site that I just love! These two are living their retirement dream! I think I am a bit of an armchair traveler compared to The GypsyNesters, but I do...
by agnes | May 31, 2012 | It's The Life In Your Years
Hopefully, my blog title question triggered a few different reactions for you. I am the first to admit that I would go to the ends of the earth for my kids… but bailing them out of their debt by jeopardizing your retirement funds is neither good parenting nor fiscally...
