notes – Relentless Robin

November Notes

Parsimony is the surest path to wealth. The 50/30/20 rule budget is a simple way to budget. You spend 50% of your after-tax pay on needs, 30% on wants, and 20% on savings. Your principles are no good if they don’t get exercised. Time is one commodity that we can’t hoard for another day. We can’tContinue reading “November Notes”

Notes on the Lincoln Highway

I read this book as a Rivers Faculty & Staff book club assignment. These are my notes. The Lincoln Highway, a Great American Road Novel by Amor Towles — three 18-year-olds who met in a juvenile reformatory, plus a inquisitive, abnormally smart 8-year-old — journey from Nebraska to New York City in an old StudebakerContinue reading “Notes on the Lincoln Highway”

September Notes

MAKE TIME TO DRAW!! Nothing is more important. “Don’t copy. Steal.” See the world around us. Ideas are everywhere. Find ideas and translate them. Rather than waiting for inspiration to strike (which it rarely does when I’m going about my daily suburban life) I simply focus on finding somewhere comfortable and safe to sit, andContinue reading “September Notes”