It takes a lot of time and you have to go through a lot of bad ones. Before I had a baby, I thought the simplest way to figure out what kind of gear I would need was to read reviews on sites like Baby Gear Lab and Baby Center (if only parenting were this simple.) As ergo was consistently named one of the best carriers, I felt fortunate when my sister-in-law re-gifted me her never used ergo carrier. Unfortunately, my baby did not feel the same way. I quickly discovered why the ergo was never used by my sister-in-law. Whenever I put my baby in the ergo, he cried. Not cute little kitten squeals, but full on pterodactyl type shrieks. So desperate was my little one to escape from the ergo that he would arch his back and use his feet to launch himself off of me in some kind of deranged baby suicide attempt. There was nothing ergonomic about the ergo for my baby or I, so we moved onto the baby k’tan. I loved my baby k’tan – it was soft, comfy, easy to put on and oh so cuddly. It rem...
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki is a personal finance book that intends to teach the reader on how to manage your finances and to become rich. He tells the story of him being raised by two fathers. His biological father, who was a government worker, a well-educated individual, and an average person when it came to finances. His other father was his friend’s dad who was a high school drop-out (I think), an entrepreneur, and managed to become wealthy through real estate and I believe owning a few grocery-type of businesses. The main concept of the book is that rich people make a strong distinction between an asset and a liability. For example: Most people believe their primary residence is an asset, while Kiyosaki states that your primary residence is a liability. Let me clarify by defining an asset and a liability. An asset is something that bring money into your pockets. Examples of an asset are your income, dividend paym...