It’s quite a dilemma.

Grocery and electricity prices are going up for everyone.

And for parents needing a larger home, the size they need is out of reach.

Also, working parents have found that child care is very expensive.

The reason is that there is a nationwide shortage in the child care business.

So, it seems that everywhere you turn, there are no easy answers.

Successful earners still feel poor!

We never know what the future holds.

The photo is of Nicolas Maduro arriving by helicopter on the roof of the courthouse.

Notoriety is a fleeting thing!

Power and influence are temporary even though people seek them out.

Forget all those shallow, temporary goals.

Choose those real things in life to cling to.

“Make someone happy–Make just one someone happy–And then you’ll be happy too!”

If not today, when?

(George Bernard shaw)

I like this title because it seems to say that self-improvement is not an accident.

It is the result of a deliberate decision.

You have the intellect to create the person you could be.

Do you have the willpower to re-create yourself?

I think many people are not happy with their life.

Yet, there is hope that we can be the person we want to be.

As the old saying goes,”If you can believe it, you can achieve it!

GO FOR IT!

If not today, when?

If you’re a PASTA LOVER like me, today’s blog is GOOD NEWS

The United States Commerce Department is poised to significantly reduce the tariffs set to take effect on over a dozen Italian pasta makers’ products later this year.

Most products from the European Union are already subject to tariffs of at least 15%. The pasta-specific tariffs, initially proposed in October at 92%, would have subject Italian pasta to a total rate of 107%. The newly announced rates would put the levies between 24% and 29%.

The final rates, set to be announced on March 12 the Commerce Department said in a post-preliminary report published Wednesday, stem from an investigation some producers sold pasta at unfairly low prices. The decision to recommend lower rates before then results from an “evaluation of additional comments received following a preliminary determination,” a Commerce official told CNN.

“Italian pasta makers have addressed many of Commerce’s concerns raised in the preliminary determination, and reflects Commerce’s commitment to a fair, transparent process,” the official added.

A RAVE is a large, high-energy dance party centered around electronic dance music.

It is an intense audiovisual experience with lasers, colorful projections, fog and deep bass.

It focuses on self-expression, community and ideals like Peace, Love, Unity and Respect.

Source: AI

Yep, The party’s over.

I hope it was worth it bcause there are bills to pay!

And there is an uncertain future.

But, you CAN take charge of your situation!

Make a list of your January payments and the total amount owed on each obligation.

How much cash is available today and will be coming this month?

If you won’t have sufficient cash for all obligations, can any be postponed w/o affecting your credit report?

Some obligations may have a large payment, but a small balance due.

Perhaps that balance due should be paid off.

Maybe you should take out a loan to consolidate two large payments into one lower payment.

I’m offering some thought starters that, hopefully, may be helpful.

The look on her face is what I want for you this year!

PEACE!

AND may you receive LOVE and KINDNESS!

Tom

Mailboxes have been removed from all around Denmark. 

Beside the railroad tracks of Copenhagen’s stands a red-brick building with an ornate façade and a copper-clad cupola still turning green over time.

When it opened in 1912 as the Central Post Building, its grandeur echoed the booming postal and telegraph services that crisscrossed Denmark.

A little over a century later and that building, now a luxury hotel, presides over a city, and a country, where the postal service no longer delivers letters. (CNN)

WOW! Times are changing!

A core value is a fundamental belief that YOU WILL NOT COMPROMISE!

Another way to say it is, “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

If you don’t have at least one core value, you don’t have a compass to guide you.

And you might flounder when making important decisions.

One of my core values is I can’t, I won’t lie.

How about you?

What are your core values?

I consulted an AI overview which gave the following facts:

The biggest category is ECONOMIC CONCERNS including

INFLATION, HEALTHCARE COSTS, NATIONAL DEBT and INCOME INEQUALITY.

The next category is POLITICAL DIVISIONS including CHALLENGES TO DEMOCRACY

anvd GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION.

Other issues are PUBLIC HEALTH, CLIMATE CHANGE, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, CYBER SECURITY,

and SOCIAL INEQUALITY.

Qute a list!