holidays Archives - Empathic Finance

Here’s when we really want to be celebrating National Save For Retirement Week

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on October 24, 2016 | Featured | No Comments

I logged in to my Vanguard account earlier this week, and found this admonition: I must confess, I didn’t know about this celebration week. For this I can only apologize, although to be fair there are plenty of celebration days, … Read More … Read More

Tags: celebration, holidays, investing, retirement

The best time to travel is coming up soon!

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on November 9, 2015 | Featured | No Comments

It’s getting to be my favorite time of the year in the US for flying! Planes will be empty, fares will be cheap, airports will be a breeze to get to and around in. I’ve already booked a flight, and … Read More … Read More

Tags: Christmas, holidays, Thanksgiving, travel

Celebrate “Stop Messing Around With Your Phone” Day!

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on May 4, 2015 | Featured | No Comments

When I was in high school, my friends and I invented a holiday. We called it National Bubble Day. Held rather arbitrarily on the third Friday in April, it was an excuse to bring those little bottles of soap … Read More … Read More

Tags: holidays, phones, smartphones

Christmas is always in December, or why to plan for holidays

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on November 13, 2014 | Featured | No Comments

So, we know that we need to save for yearly bills. Well, we need to save for yearly expenses too. (To those who are new here, welcome! You may be wondering what’s the difference between a Bill and an … Read More … Read More

Tags: Christmas, Halloween, holidays, planning

Your new holiday calendar

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on January 2, 2014 | Featured | No Comments

As I’ve said before, you don’t need to celebrate holidays if you don’t want. More importantly, you don’t need to celebrate holidays in the way that they were intended. But what to do instead? I decided to come up … Read More … Read More

Tags: celebrating, Christmas, holidays, Valentine's Day

Repurpose your holidays

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 30, 2013 | Featured | 2 Comments

I woke up on Christmas morning, excited. The streets were empty, everyone ensconced in their houses or apartments. I took off out of the city, way into the suburbs, where I had a hotel room waiting for me. Was … Read More … Read More

Tags: annual review, Christmas, holidays, hotels, ritual

Don’t forget to stop

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 19, 2013 | Featured | No Comments

For the next minute, basically as soon as you’re finished reading this, I want you to stop what you’re doing, stop reading, stop writing, stop everything, and just look around. … Read More

Tags: analysis, holidays, looking, pausing, seeing, stop, stoping

Revisiting how to be grateful

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on November 28, 2013 | Featured | No Comments

It’s Thanksgiving here in the US today. Many people have braved ridiculous airfares, maddening traffic, and horrendous delays, just to spend some time with their family and friends. But once you get past all of the hassle, there remains … Read More … Read More

Tags: gratitude, holidays, Thanksgiving

How to survive the holiday travel season

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 10, 2012 | Featured | 1 Comment

Frantic trips to the airport, layovers due to blizzards, crowds, plus an overwhelming sense of family obligation. Yup, it must be the holiday season. … Read More

Tags: holidays, stress

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