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Print or digital: What’s your summer reading choice?

Print or digital: What’s your summer reading choice?

Ahh, summer. Those long, lovely, lazy days are almost here—and for many of us, that means one thing: Lots and […]

9 ways to save for retirement

9 ways to save for retirement

The recent popularity of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Old” offers a fascinating yet unsurprising truth—we fear aging. This fear could be […]

Scheduling ‘me’ time: Tips for self-care

Scheduling ‘me’ time: Tips for self-care

Scheduling “me time” used to be a luxury for those who could afford it—now it’s a necessity for everyone.  With […]

How Gen Z will shift the working world

How Gen Z will shift the working world

It’s as predictable as the dawn: A new generation enters the workforce, they shake up the status quo and they […]

Learn from your return with these tax takeaways

Learn from your return with these tax takeaways

Whew! Your tax return is signed and sent, and Uncle Sam has been paid (or has paid you). So now […]

5 myths about accountants

5 myths about accountants

When most people think about accountants, a vision of a dark room with a disheveled accountant hunched over a desk […]

The ins and outs of travel insurance

The ins and outs of travel insurance

Before COVID, travel insurance was often dismissed as an unnecessary expense. But now, we’ve seen how quickly plans can go […]

7 ways to take care of your heart for American Heart Month

7 ways to take care of your heart for American Heart Month

February is all about hearts, and for a good reason: It’s American Heart Month. Ever since President Lyndon B. Johnson […]

3 things you can do to make your accountant happy at tax time

3 things you can do to make your accountant happy at tax time

Want to be your accountant’s favorite client? (Well, even more than you are now, of course. Which is a lot. […]

Throw the ultimate affordable Super Bowl party

Throw the ultimate affordable Super Bowl party

Like a professional quarterback’s salary, throwing a Super Bowl party can be expensive. So how can you be sure—affordably—that your […]

How to find a morning routine that sets you up for a great day

How to find a morning routine that sets you up for a great day

Is your idea of a morning routine hitting the snooze button three times and then dragging yourself out of bed […]

Make tax filing easier in 2022

Make tax filing easier in 2022

Filing taxes for 2020 was…challenging. Yes, that’s a good way to put it. Not impossible, but not exactly fun, either. […]

What to consider before gifting a pet this holiday season

What to consider before gifting a pet this holiday season

We buy pets as holiday gifts with the best of intentions. Haven’t decades of commercials shown us that there’s nothing […]

Seven quick mindfulness techniques to help alleviate holiday stress

Seven quick mindfulness techniques to help alleviate holiday stress

While most of us look forward to the holiday season, it can also be a major source of stress. We’ve […]

An attitude of gratitude

An attitude of gratitude

20 things to be thankful for this year  When is the last time you thought about what you’re most thankful […]

A freelancer’s guide to taxes

A freelancer’s guide to taxes

A freelancer’s guide to taxes Ah, the freedom of freelancing. You’re the boss, so you can set your hours, pick […]

Elevate your small business with Google My Business

Elevate your small business with Google My Business

Attention small business owners: Have you set up your Google My Business listing yet? If not, you’re missing a major […]

How to keep in touch

How to keep in touch

When the pandemic first began, families had to adjust to a new normal: Family time, all the time. For many […]

What’s your calendar style?

What’s your calendar style?

As summer winds down and the calendar turns to September, let’s take a look at what kind of calendar you’re […]

5 tips for affordable school and work wardrobes

5 tips for affordable school and work wardrobes

There are clothes shoppers who only buy new, and there are shoppers who do a happy dance at the mere […]

Back…to the office

Back…to the office

The only certainty about life after a pandemic is that there isn’t much certainty. Masks on or off? Six feet […]

Ransomware 101

Ransomware 101

From the home user to the largest corporation, ransomware is now an issue for anyone who uses the internet. And […]

Are you in danger of job burnout?

Are you in danger of job burnout?

Work equals stress for most U.S. workers. According to the American Institute of Stress, 80 percent of workers feel stress […]

Have you checked your Flesch-Kincaid levels lately?

Have you checked your Flesch-Kincaid levels lately?

If you’ve ever yawned your way through a wordy, boring document, you might have wondered if your own writing was […]