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Deciding to Be Content Even When Life Doesn’t Go the Way You Plan

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

And then, in March, my husband learned that his mentor was likely going to be moving to Florida. We were taken aback but decided we could move to Florida for a few years so my husband could finish his post-doc with his mentor. Almost all of the people he currently works with are moving to Arizona, too. How did you respond?

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Psychological Tips for Successful Stock Investing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Don’t avoid investing in a company due to just one bad example of their product (for instance, don’t avoid investing in Disney stock just because you had it with the crowds at Disney World in Florida!). Buy and hold strategies may work at one point but not at another, frequent trading might work well now but not later.