I recently have become increasingly aware of a practice I find somewhat disturbing: specifically the practice of parents routinely allowing babies to cry alone until they fall asleep. While it strikes me as barbaric, it has been described to me as necessary for anyone in the given household to get any sleep. In many homes…
Growing up, I spent a good portion of many of my weekends mowing, edging, and weed-eating my family’s suburban lawn. My father believed that such activities taught me the value of hard work, and, more importantly, he did not want to do them himself. That said, he spent a fair bit of time and money…
(Nick’s Notes: Unfortunately this will be the last post we see by Mr. Wilson but we hope he comes back again and contributes more to the site when he can! He has expressed interest in doing so so we can hope!) “Ideally, we’d like to help people find ways to earn money with less work,…
(Nick’s notes: This post is exploring an alternative to traditional employment) That is a question I do not know the answer to, but the idea has a lot of appeal. I have heard recent stories of people becoming frustrated with Facebook, for apparently saving status updates that are not actually submitted, and making the original…
One of the greatest causes of frustration among working Americans, is the daily surrendering of themselves to the whims of bosses managers and owners. Many of us have little to no say in what we do in our jobs and most of us would rather use that time to be doing something else. That is…
Note: this Piece was previously published on my blog The Wilson Report on January 2, 2014 So what do you do? The question inevitably comes up when meeting new people or people you have not seen in a while. In the English speaking world the question is shorthand for “what do you do to support…
This Piece was originally published on October 9, 2013 at my own blog The Wilson Report. A while back I responded to an ad for a Mystery Shopper. I had met people before who have made money doing this type of work, and it sounded like an easy way to earn some fast cash. I…