One of the biggest hurdle in my life as a recently single parent was the fact that I needed to explain our financial situation to my children, especially my eldest.  Ofcourse they have noticed the big difference.  Like we do not shop as often now, especially for unnecessary items we used to horde when we were still shall we say, well-off. It is true, one of the big...

Commerce is the art of exploiting the need or desire someone has for something. -Edmond de Goncourt (1822 – 1896) French novelist and diarist. Le Journal des Goncourts (co-written with Jules de Goncourt) It is so obvious that businesses thrives on consumerism. Consumerism is the attitude that values the acquisition of material goods. I did our last...