Hi, I'm Erica Douglass. I sold my business and "temporarily retired" at age 26. I write here about investing, setting goals, and entrepreneurship. Most importantly, I share lessons I have learned that can help you on your quest for financial freedom!
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Archive for May, 2008
Programming
(written by me 6/6/2002 - shared for the first time here on erica.biz)
Do you know that moment when you are programming something that really pushes the limits of the language you’re working in, and you just sit there and wonder, “Is this going to work?” And you draw out 50 possibilities and narrow it down [...]
Is Financial Freedom Your Goal? Bring It One Step Closer…
What do you really want out of life? I’m willing to bet that your goals include a form of “spend more quality time with my family” and “Have more days when I am truly happy.”
We all have goals, dreams, and hopes, but all too often they’re quashed as we join the rat race to [...]
Save Thousands of Dollars In Five Minutes or Less With My “Secret” Coupon Hacks
Previously, I wrote a post about secret eBay and craigslist hacks that will save you thousands of dollars online.
But what if eBay and craigslist don’t have the product you want, or you would really prefer to buy a new product? That’s when it is probably time to shop retail. How do you get ridiculous [...]
How to Be a (Successful, Inspirational) Woman
This is a blog response to Steve Pavlina’s blog How to Be a Man.
As with Steve’s blog post, I don’t believe this advice all applies only to women. Steve picked the theme, so I am sticking to it.
Throughout the post, I will also share examples of women who have been personally inspirational to me. [...]
Ask Erica: Why Become Rich?
You — my readers — have been asking me some fabulous questions for a while now. Today starts the first in what I expect will be a fairly regular series I’m simply going to call “Ask Erica.” The first question in this series is surely on some of your minds — not about me, but [...]
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