6 Awesome Benefits of Living in a Small Town (and 4 Pitfalls)
“Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world” Journey, Don’t Stop Believing Journey makes living in a small town seem like a … Read more
Opinion
What is Generational Poverty? Facts, Causes, and How To Overcome It
Generational poverty is the opposite of generational wealth. Instead of inheriting a solid financial foundation and getting a leg up in life, kids are taught … Read more
How America’s Toxic Work Culture is Destroying Us
Americans are crazy (I can say that proudly, as an American). We have tons of pride in weird things and little to no satisfaction in … Read more
The Insidious Myth of the “Dream Job”
What’s your dream job? That thing you want to do for the rest of your life, the job that gives your life meaning and value? … Read more
Honoring Our Grandmothers by Living a Life They Couldn’t
I’ve been thinking about my grandmother a lot lately. She passed away about 6 years ago, but her health had been failing for a long … Read more
Subverting the Life Script
We all know what we’re supposed to do, right? Graduate high school, go to college, land a decent job, get married, buy a house, have … Read more
Canada’s Covid-19 Response
The great thing about building a blogger network is that you can make friends with people from around the world. In writing about US policies … Read more
How to Support People of Color
This week on Partners in Fire, we are featuring a guest post from our good friend Tawnya at Money Saved is Money Earned. Tawnya is … Read more
Ladies, Stop Being Taken Advantage of!
Last week, I wrote a post about being the female breadwinner. In that post, I delved into some of the emotions regarding bread winning that … Read more
The Nine to Five Scam
Do you work a nine-to-five workday? Ok, so it may not be exactly nine to five. Maybe it’s eight to four, or seven to three … Read more