Which reality show was your favorite this year? – Said nobody. Ever. Why is that? Because few choose to admit that they actually watch reality TV. And yet reality is one of the fastest growing TV categories of the Millennium. Shows like Keeping Up With the Kardashians, The Bachelor, Survivor and The Apprentice (I used…
Show me your bookshelf and I shall tell you who you are
Patience is a virtue
I feel like I’ve reached a point in my “blogging career” where it has become socially acceptable to quote myself (no?…). In my December 2018 update titled “The battle of the patience” I wrote the following: Patience is not my strong suit! My impatience often lead to doubt! And when you combine doubt+impatience, you get…
Two years later
TODAY! Is my blogs 2nd birthday! YAY! You can read my first birthday post here. In my first year of blogging, I created 50 posts. My 2nd year didn’t quite match that, but I managed to churn out a respectable 40 posts. Quality over quantity, I suppose? I’ll let you guys be the judge of…
What I learned from The Karate Kid
Be warned! – This post is going to be filled with pocket philosophy, puns, clichés and bad punchlines from the ’80s! If you’re and ’80s kid like myself, you probably know Daniel LaRusso (Daniel-san) and Mr. Miyagi from the movie “The Karate Kid” (played by Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita). I used to love those…
Create – Inspire – Connect
I’ve found it difficult lately, to find new inspiration for interesting topics to write about. It’s quite typical for me to be super excited about something for a while, and then lose interest after a couple of months. Next month will be the 2-year anniversary of the Total Balance blog (yay!). I’m not gonna lie,…
Who is the main architect behind your money blueprint?
I’ve often wondered where I got my own money blueprint from. – You know that voice inside of your head, who tells you to either spend or save your money? That’s your money blueprint in action. Is frugality something that is embedded in your DNA? And if so, is it thus hereditary? Perhaps, but I’m…
Do you make decisions with your head or your heart?
The last few weeks I’ve spent some time on one of my favorite activities; browsing for cars. The lease is up on my car by the end of this month, and even though I’ve proclaimed on several occasions that I was now going to bike to work, it’s just not very practical when you also…
Are we there yet?
I’m an impatient guy. There, I said it. It’s not a secret. I’ve always been (very) impatient. Unfortunately, it appear as though my daughter has inherited this trait from me. (Un)Fortunately, she also seem to have inherited my stubbornness. As a parent to an impatient stubborn kid, you can imagine how most of my days…
How your personality dictates your return
Being that I’m a person who is very interested in the “personal finance sphere”, I often find myself in discussions with people about just that; personal finances. It occurred to me the other day that there always seem to be a pattern, in how people approach this; Some refuse to discuss it at all, as…
History in the making
As if we didn’t have enough troubles already, today added another nail to the coffin of the bleeding stock market. OPEC and Russia couldn’t agree to cut down on the oil production (to keep the oil price steady), and as a result of the decreased demand (hello, Corona virus), the oil price plummeted. And the…