How easy is it to procrastinate the things we don’t like doing–say, dealing with our finances for example? Very. But there are costs associated with putting these things off. Sometimes it’s better to jump in, feet first, and get started.
Contact Moore Bookkeeping today to see if we can’t help you get a quick, strong hold on it all!
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The U.S. economy will grow 2%-2.3% in 2012. Despite a slowdown from the 3% pace of growth in the final months of last year, the economy will better its lackluster 2011 performance of 1.7%. Although growth started and ended last year relatively strong, it faded badly in the middle. We expect the tempo this year to pick up in the second half of 2012 and stay up through year-end. Still, growth will run shy of the pace needed to significantly lower the unemployment rate.
Consumers are finally opening their wallets after four years of saving more in an effort to restore wealth lost in the housing crash and the 2008 stock market drop. Now, even those with sizable debt are willing to borrow more or dip into savings to buy essentials, including big-ticket items such as cars. But higher energy prices, due mostly to heightened tensions with Iran, will keep consumer spending from rebounding dramatically. It will end 2012 only slightly higher than in 2011.
via Economic Outlook, Indicators, Forecasts – Your Business.
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How many people do you trust with your money? If you’re like me, the answer is “very few.”
And not just trust people with our money—trust them in general? Not a whole lot of people in that group either, is there? So, why is it hard for us to trust? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.
Who do I really trust?
I trust the people I know, the people I met long before I needed anything from them or they needed anything from me. I learned to trust them when I determined they were trustworthy.
The one thing I can tell you about the bookkeeping life is I do most of my work ALONE. I sit in a room, adding numbers by myself. Hard to meet and get to know people enough to trust them and have them trust me when I never leave the house…
So, ladies and gentlemen, today’s lesson is this: we’ve gotta get out of the house sometimes! Conferences and clubs and groups…we have to meet people. We can help them, and ultimately, they may be able to help us.
Once they get to know us, they’ll love us, right? And we’ll learn to trust them. Win-win.
Two of the newest groups I’ve joined are below. For more information on joining the following organizations, click on the links:
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If you’ve ever wanted to be a writer, you’re in good company. Most of the people I know either have written a book or would like to. The trick is knowing what to do with the money you’ll make! Take a look at the “Writers Only” section of Moore Bookkeeping for a book now available to guide you along the path!
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In the interest of getting more organized and staying on top of my life…I invested in an iphone last week. I’ve had the phone exactly 6 days, and I honestly don’t know how I kept up with anything before this!
Wondering if you should get one? Here’s what I wish I’d known two years ago–
I really do need to see my emails the minute they arrive in my in-box, and when they require immediate attention, no matter where I am, I can handle them.
I need my contacts and phone numbers and calendar all in one location…and it does need to fit in my pocket! No more organizer and business card holder and notepad.
The built-in GPS has already saved me three times!
The built-in camera comes in very handy, and I was able to get rid of the small one I was carrying in my purse–which always had dead batteries when I needed it.
I do need to know the weather anytime–the Weather Channel app is free and up-to-the-minute.
I can read my Kindle books anywhere, anytime–waiting in line, at the doctor’s office–and still read them on my actual Kindle at home. (No more carrying both with me.)
I don’t have to try to type my texts anymore–the iphone has voice recognition and types it for me. Incredibly accurate.
Oh, and the phone works, too. 🙂
That’s a short list of why I love it…there are multiple apps on my phone already, and I use them all. If you haven’t gotten yourself one of these phones, do it today. COMPLETELY WORTH IT.
If you’ve been wondering if you need one…YOU DO. Don’t wait like I did. I say again: Completely worth it!
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