Growing up, my mother gave me $5.00 a week to do my chores, which included vacuuming and dusting our home once a week, which happened to be a 3rd floor flat. This meant there were something like 30-50 stairs in additi…

Image SourceI recently got into a discussion with my friends about doing household chores. We were talking about someone we know whose mother still makes them do household chores when he's home from college-- and not jus…

When I was a kid, I used to think of creative ways to make money. I loved to have "sales" with my friends. Though a lemonade stand is the most classic, we would set up our "shop" and try to sell anything from cherri…