Communication is key to a long and happy relationship, and it starts with discussing a few financial matters before you get married. About 45 percent of marriages end in divorce, and you don’t want to be part of this statistic. Debts and Obligations Image via Flickr by Lel4nd Marriage is more than living with someone and perhaps having ..
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Unless you want your money to lose value over time, investments are a good way to allow your money to earn interest and grow when you are not using it. There are many levels of investment you could look into, and each varies in risk level and time frame. But before you send all of ..
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Creating a life filled with happiness and success is not easy. Depending on the type of support you received from your parents and schooling when you were growing up could play a vital role in how you matured as an adult. Yet with more people waking up in their forties and fifties finding themselves unhappy ..
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You pretty much have no idea what you’re doing, every single day. Because on a near-daily basis, you are doing something new or trying something outside of your wheelhouse.    You’re constantly surrounding yourself with people who are smarter than you, more talented than you, more developed in their skill than you, etc. You’re not ..
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Artists, actors, and other freelance workers definitely live a lifestyle that is different from a 9 to 5 office employees. Pursuing an artistic profession may prove to be less lucrative in money but rich in spirit. Unfortunately, many people don’t value artistic endeavors or give them the same financial credit as scientific or medical careers. ..
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It’s no secret that college degrees help you get ahead in life–if you use them right. It’s also no secret, however, that college degrees are expensive, and are becoming an increasing burden for any student who attends a university. Roughly 8 in 10 people are in debt–a frightening statistic–and bad debt can lead to even ..
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A master’s degree in social work may not at first seem like a versatile degree, but in conjunction with a particular emphasis, a master’s degree in social work yields a bevy of different professional paths from which to take. Paired with general experience, prior education, and perhaps some volunteer work, a degree in social work ..
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Photography students at Dakota College at Bottineau don’t just learn how to take photographs, they learn how to build a business. “One of the problems we have in our field is photography is an art, but it’s also a trade,” said Clint Saunders, the head of the Photography Career and Technical Education Program. Submitted Photo Photography ..
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Oh so the “prom season” is officially around the corner? Well, a prom brings into our mind things like fancy dresses, corsages, spray tans, updos and off course the “pictures”. And the most overwhelming of them all is pictures and lots of pictures. Because, when the party comes to an end, only the pictures will ..
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Norman Riley has traveled throughout Europe, photographing Prague’s winding, cobbled streets, the stately columns casting afternoon shadows at Venice’s Economic and Financial Ministry, and the half timbered Bavarian homes in the German town of Segnitz. The photograph whose size dominates his retrospective exhibit at Everett Community College’s Russell Day Gallery is closer to home, the snowy 9,100-foot peak of ..
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