If you know me at all, you know I’m not one to push consumerism—I’m all for the old adage to “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” On most days, my goal is to spend absolutely nothing, so I’m not one to really seek out new products or to find …
After three years of teaching a whole unit on how money doesn’t buy happiness (while my classes read A Christmas Carol), you’d think I’d be pretty dead-set sold that no amount of money could improve my life that much. Last weekend, I discovered how very wrong I’d been. Apparently, the amount of a tax return …
