Road to HarvardRoad to HarvardThe blog of a canadian university student looking to get into the Harvard MBA program and his dealings with life and money Articles
Book Review: What should I do with my life?
2007-09-16 03:40:00 I haven’t written for a while and frankly don’t care to discuss why. Anyway, I didn’t plan on posting until I read What Should I do with my Life ? by Po Bronson. It was suggested to me by one of my former professors who I admired and I finally got around to reading ... More About: Book Review , Book Reviews , Review , My Life
Book Review: Your Money or Your Life
2007-08-15 21:25:00 Before i get into the details of the review of the book Your Money or Your Life I’d like to start by giving a brief biography of the book’s authors as it is important that someone know who an author is before they can evaluate the ideas they present. Biography Your Money or Your Life is a ... More About: Book Review , Book Reviews , Review
The Top 5 Things I Learned as a Janitor
2007-08-09 20:21:00 I’ve worked as a janitor for the last three summers not because it was pleasant work but because it was unionized and I made $21 dollars an hour. Sure the job sucked but I learned some interesting things while doing it. In that regard these are the top 5 things I learned as a ... More About: Things , Learned
College Finance 101 - Why Saving is Easier then Earning
2007-08-09 16:06:00 As I said in my previous post on budgeting you should be seeking to achieve a surplus in your budget through increased earning, decreased spending or some combination of both. A combination of both is appropriate in most cases but these are decisions you have to make for yourself. That being said, there is one ... More About: Finance , Money , College , Saving , Finan
Trash Fund - Day 54-55
2007-08-08 21:52:00 There is not much to report on the Trash Fund . The weather has been dreadful so can and bottle supplies have been nonexistent due to nobody being outdoors. On Monday I converted the water jug I scrounged for proceeds of $10.00 and today I found another water jug in front of the same store which ...
Trash Fund - Day 41-53 + Update
2007-08-06 13:07:00 The last couple of weeks have been very hectic for me. I’ve been working, cleaning up my stuff due to a move and it has been beautiful outside so I haven’t bothered to get on the computer much. I’ll continue to be busy in the coming months but I should have time to devote to ... More About: Update , Fund , Trash
Trash Fund - Day 35 to 40
2007-07-25 00:44:00 The Trash Fund is back to it’s old routine since I’m now finished the “busy” period of my work season. During the 5 day span I found 119 cans (most of which came from the previously mentioned neighbor’s garbage bag) and 6 bottles. I also found $0.21 and converted 60 cans for an amount ...
Trash Fund - Day 34
2007-07-19 16:32:00 This morning I found a bonanza of inventory. It was very rainy outside but I noticed that one of my neighbors had something different amongst his usual trash pile: a large plastic see trough garbage bag filled to the brim with cans. I went to ask him if they were to throw away and ... More About: Fund , Trash
Trash Fund - Day 33
2007-07-18 16:22:00 Work has finally returned to normal and I can continue with the trash fund as regular scheduled programming. I found a dime and 5 pennies while going to get a movie today. In other news, Shawshank Redemption is now my favorite movie of all time. Daily Statistics Bottles/Cans found: null Found money: $0.15 Converted inventory: null Trash Fund Statistics Value at ...
Trash Fund - Day 29, 30, 31, 32
2007-07-17 18:26:00 To be honest I just haven’t felt like writing much in the last two weeks about the fund. There has been lots of things to do and I feel bad about neglecting it. Nonetheless I will be bringing her back to her former glory. She’s a pretty lass ain’t she! Despite my lack ... More About: Fund , Trash
College Finance 101 - Budgeting
2007-07-17 18:18:00 As promised in my blog updates July 2007, I will be writing a series of posts about finances in college. Budgeting is a financial tool used to estimate and track revenue and expenses over a given time frame. Everyone from businesses to your grandparents use a budget. The reason they use budgets is because it ... More About: Finance , Money , College , Finan
Trash Fund - Day 25, 26, 27, 28
2007-07-13 19:04:00 Things have continued to be extremely hectic at work and I have had no energy to go on my walks. By next week most everyone at my job should be on vacation so I’ll have much more free time. 10-13 hour days suck but the money is good. Daily Statistics Bottles/Cans found: null Found money: null Converted inventory: null Trash ... More About: Money , Fund
Violent Acres Catchphrase Contest
2007-07-12 06:21:00 I read VA and enjoy it because the author’s a witty bitch that makes me laugh. Some morons like to debate all the intricacies of the site but quite frankly I don’t give a shit about her. I don’t care to meet her, I don’t care about where she lives, I don’t care about her ... More About: Contest , Viol , Violent , Lent , Acres
Trash Fund - Day 24
2007-07-09 18:36:00 The Trash Fund did not get any inventory today due to weather conditions and me being lazy. For shame Road to Harvard, for shame! Daily Statistics Bottles/Cans found: null Found money: null Converted inventory: null Trash Fund Statistics Value at inception (June 16, 2007): $10.07 YTD TF Value (July 9, 2007): $18.96, 58 C&B, and two school bags. More About: Money
Trash Fund - Day 23
2007-07-09 03:56:00 Today was interesting to say the least. After my morning walk (0 cans found) I decided that I would work on the bamboo rocking chair that was sitting in my garage. I had found some twine the night before and was going to use that to repair the chair seat. Well, midway through installing the ... More About: Money , Fund , Trash
Trash Fund - Day 22
2007-07-08 03:25:00 Not much happened today on my walk. I picked up 2 cans and found nothing of salable value laying about in the trash. On the bright side my job has been sending inventory my way. I got 3 cans from that today. Daily Statistics Bottles/Cans found: 5 cans Found money: null Converted inventory: null Trash Fund Statistics Value at inception ... More About: Money
Trash Fund - Day 17,18,19,20,21
2007-07-06 15:15:00 I apologize for the late update in regards to the Trash Fund but I have been extremely busy at my summer job. That being said, I found 17 cans in this time frame. In addition to the cans I also found a large antique teacher’s desk in the garbage. It took almost an hour and ... More About: Money
College Finance 101 - The True Cost of Drinking and Smoking
2007-07-04 18:41:00 As promised in my blog updates for July 2007, I will be writing a series of posts about finances in college. In my previous post Small Decisions, Big Consequences I outlined the concept that every choice that is made has far reaching consequences. If you have ever needed proof of this fact in ... More About: Finance , Money , College , Cost , Smoking
College Finance 101 - Small decisions, big consequences
2007-07-03 19:32:00 As promised in my blog updates for July 2007, I will be writing a series of posts about finances in College . So you’ve gotten accepted to college. Good job. You’re about to do something that the vast majority of people on this earth will never have the privilege of experiencing. I’m sure that like many people about ... More About: Finance , Money , Small , Consequence
Blog Updates - July 2007
2007-07-02 18:44:00 I’m fairly satisfied with the progress of the blog so far but some changes will be made in the coming months. Some of these changes include: 1. Book reviews: I will begin writing concise book reviews that deal with the subject of finance. 2. New subject: I will begin writing posts that deal with the subject of ... More About: Other , Blog , Updates , July 2007 , July
Trash Fund - Day 16
2007-07-02 14:00:00 I didn’t find much in the way of bottles or cans today (1 can) but I did find an antique rocking chair made out of bamboo in the trash. The seat had a knitted string pattern that was broken (the reason it was thrown away I guess) but I’m going to wrap twine around it ... More About: Money , Fund , Trash
Trash Fund - Day 15
2007-07-01 23:22:00 I’d like to first wish all my fellow Canadians a happy Canada Day! Celebrate national unity and all that jazz. The city’s renters were out in force today moving their belongings. On every street corner there was two or more families moving at the same time. As you can imagine the traffic was lovely. There was ... More About: Money , Fund , Trash
Trash Fund - Day 14
2007-07-01 00:58:00 Today was another slow day and I didn’t find anything. There is a lot of trash in the streets yet nothing was salable. Throw me a frikin bone people! Because it was so slow I decided to convert some of the inventory I had laying around so I took my bottles to the store. ... More About: Money , Fund , Trash
Trash Fund - Day 13
2007-06-30 00:25:00 The weather has been quite nice of late which has been making my trash walks easier and more enjoyable. Not that they have provided me with much inventory though and today was no different. I found nothing, nadda, zilch. Daily Statistics Bottles/Cans found: null Found money: null Converted inventory: null Trash Fund Statistics Value at inception (June 16, 2007): $10.07 YTD TF ... More About: Money |
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