Cybersecurity Best Practices

As we reach the end of October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to an end. Cybersecurity Awareness Month was created 20 years ago as a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure every American has the resources they need to stay safe and more...

Advanced Health Care Planning

Take control of your health care decisions! With all the advances in medical technology and the many choices that must be made, we should all take the time to put certain documents in place in case we are incapacitated and unable to make healthcare decisions for...

The Opposite of Spoiled

When you have children or grandchildren, your first thought is often, “How do I give them the world?”  But the second may be, “How do I raise good, kind, generous people—the opposite of spoiled?”  They can coexist, but what is the answer?  I am...

Drowning in Paper? How to Clear the Clutter

When it comes to document retention, it is easy to get overwhelmed figuring out what to keep and what to discard.  Often, we resort to keeping EVERYTHING. But in this digital age, with online statement and document retrieval, what we need to keep on hand has decreased...

True Confessions of a Reformed Bad Behaviorist

Many of you may know that I finished school with a degree in engineering.  Chemical Engineering to be exact.  The type of personality that might be attracted to the engineering sciences most often has a data-driven, problem-solving mindset.  Overly touchy-feeling...