I’m hardly the most seasoned traveler, but I’ve been fortunate to have visited nineteen countries on five continents across the world. I’ve taken trips that lasted just days to spending over a year abroad at a time and I’ve discovered that each time I leave my native soil and explore new land my understanding and appreciation of the world around me expands to an entirely new level. Travel is very important to me and I’m concerned because I don’t think…
[Read More...]Archive for the ‘Random’ Category
What is your Financial IQ?
March 23rd, 2009 by Will Crowthers 1 Comment »I found this test on MSN which is a series of 25 questions to give you a “financial IQ”. The questions range from discretionary to intermediate - be very truthful when answering the questions.
At the end, it will give you a score and allow you to compare to others. I found the results by age to be interesting:
Age Score
| 15-24 | 51 |
| 25-34 | 54 |
| 35-54 | 55 |
| 55-64 | 53 |
| 65 and over | 53 |
It looks like age is not a factor. I find this particularly thought provoking as almost everyone assumes financial advisers, investors,…
[Read More...]Too Hot Too Hot!!!!
March 23rd, 2009 by Brad Harbach 2 Comments »This weeks guest blog comes from a man with both good genes and a great last name - Eric Harbach. Eric is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has been living in Chicago for the past six years working as a consultant at Accenture. His post won’t help you save for retirement, offer you professional advice, or guide you through the treacherous economic waters. Instead he’s chosen to share some practical advice that fits perfect for this blogs tagline “Common…
[Read More...]Point and Shoot Camera Flash 101
March 19th, 2009 by Brad Harbach waiting for comments...Why do so many people not understand when to use their camera flash? I’m amazed at how often I see people using the wrong flash setting which very simply can be the difference between a good and bad picture. I’m far from a professional photographer, but let me try to lay out some very basic advice that should help everyone get a few more pictures to turn out.
Practically every (point and shoot) digital camera made gives you three flash options…
[Read More...]Our 100th Post!! Thank You!!
March 16th, 2009 by Brad Harbach waiting for comments...After 10 short weeks of blogging and thousands of visits to our site we have reached our 100th post! Thanks to everyone who has enjoyed reading Twenty Something Sense and it is our hope that you’ve taken away some basic, but valuable information from the blog. Here are a few items about the blog we thought we’d share with you as a special 100th post.
What do we write about?
There is a great tool on the net that allows you to create these…
