Showing posts with label debt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label debt. Show all posts

Monday, July 10, 2017

"First Date to Divorce" series

I just edited my website to change the word 'husband' to 'ex-husband'. After five years, it's time to move on. In which collages did I mention my ex-husband? Does this ex-husband collage series (from first date to divorce) tell me anything new? On one of our first dates, we made a dream collage. Here's mine.

Set Yourself Free
Here's my ex-husband's dream collage.

Hello World
We waited two years before getting married. When I pasted the picture of a bride holding a hammer with the words "Hissy Fit" in our wedding collage, was that forshadowing our divorce or merely recognizing the stress of planning the wedding?

Here Comes the Bride
My ex-husband was a huge Salma Hayek fan. For his birthday, I made this collage of the actress attempting to answer the question, ‘What is Sexy?’

Beauty Rules (Salma Hayek)
My ex-husband’s decision to become a massage therapist inspired dreams of our own massage studio with Tai Chi, Qigong and Yoga classes.

Be Inspired
My ex-husband enjoyed dressing up like a clown for parties and parades. One day we visited the U.S. Capitol for an event and took photos. This collage celebrates his passion for spreading fun and joy.

Love Sex Comedy
In 2009, my ex-husband and I lost our jobs as the recession hit hard. With 10 percent unemployment, job hunting became the national pastime, many lost their homes, and shopping malls emptied. Through it all, we were urged to keep buying.

Money 6: Burn Rubber
The dollar’s value dropped, countries went bankrupt, and riots spiked overseas. TV shows explained how to spend frugally. My ex-husband went back to school. Changing his career seemed worth the investment.

Money 7: Wither the Dollar
Getting divorced was tough. Learning how to love again, even tougher. My healthy sense of humor carried me thru the toughest times.

Who Needs Marriage?

Monday, May 1, 2017

Buy Yourself Some Time

May is Self-Awareness Month. For me, learning what truly makes me happy served as the inspiration for this collage. Affluenza or "keeping up with the Joneses" pushes so many of us to buy things that we don't even need. Money trouble is one of the leading causes of divorce, and tragically results in a rising number of suicides.

Buy Yourself Some Time

Monday, April 10, 2017

Money series

This collage series helped me react to losing my jobs, my investments, and my faith in our free market system. Living through the most recent turbulent economic wreck (from 2005 to 2009) made me feel like a crash-test dummy. I survived--bruised but intact.

Money 1: Funds You Can Trust
Money 2: Our Fat Cats
Money 3: Dare to Dream
Money 4: After the Fall
Money 5: The Cycle Continues
Money 6: Burn Rubber
Money 7: Wither the Dollar
Money 8: Stack up the Savings