Managing Your Money

Learning how to look after your own finances is a hugely important task, especially for those who lives on their own. Although we are still students and in most cases we are dependable on our parents who may subsidize us and bail us out, it’s necessary to state that we have to learn how to keep track of our outgoings, in other words how to budget.

Once we learn how to calculate our spendings and be ready to economize or even to tighten our belts if needed, we would be able not only to mount up our disposable income, but also to keep ourselves from having overdrafts and budget deficit.

From my part, in future I would try to spend my money responsibly and reasonably. It might be an idea to plan my spendings beforehand and to substract the expenses from the income. Having a surplus, I would try not to squander large sums of money or splash out on luxury, it would be better to put them into my savings account - a continency fund  wouldn’t hurt. A few words about a current account: I suppose that keeping an account in credit all the time rather than withdrawing is more sensible. What is more, it’s a good thing to check the transactions in my bank statement.

All in all, I share the opinion -  “Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves”, in our words, I prefer to be a thrifty person, not an extravagant spendthrift.                                                     

Freelance Work VS  Working in a Team: pros and cons

Several decades ago it was thought that working solely in a team and collaboration would be lucrative and would guarantee maximum efficiency. However, leading practitioners and theorists in the sphere of marketing recently reconsider this issue and provide the new insight into the benefits of freelance work as well. So, let’s take a closer look at that.

Working in a team: 
Pros:

By setting individual goals to go along with common goals, the employees within work teams can create some friendly competition and use the peer-pressure influence to keep each other motivated to reach quotas or objectives. In other words, it boosts morale.  By the way, it may foster team spirit.

Moreover, team members can collaborate to enhance the benefits of the best solution by continuing to work together to enact it. In other words, pooling skills work wonders! Working as part of a team promotes mutual understanding and trust, is fulfilling and gives a feeling that you’re valued, needed.

Cons:

Not all teams work in an ideal manner all the time. Having different ideas individuals how tasks should be accomplished  may be disruptive and there is always the possibility of interpersonal conflict arising when working in a team.What is more, not being able to  fit in may result for a member not only in undermining  his confidence, but also the whole team work.

The other thing is that there is not so much room in a team for self-expression and this definitely brings about stifling individual enterprise and initiative.

Being a freelancer:
Pros:

The first and foremost, you're your own boss, not accountable to and not dependable on anyone else: you can choose when and where to work.  Also, it’s not a secret to anybody that working alone doesn’t influence your salary, even more, you can work less hours and make more money! By the way, this kind of work doesn’t interfere with other activities – you can juggle work and family responsibilities.

                                                              

Cons:

Despite the advantages, working as a freelancer isn’t all roses. With not having consistent monthly income, you won’t also have additional benefits and perks. That’s to say, you would have a lack of job and income security. Apart from that, freelancers usually encounter loneliness and in most cases they are forced to fend for themselves.

So, having mentioned some pros and cons of both ways of working, it’s important to bear in mind that there’s no perfect variant and it’s up to you to choose one. While some people wouldn’t exchange the security working in a team gives for anything else, other’s wouldn’t put up with punishing deadlines and office politics.

Brangelina - Hollywood's most Famous Celebrity Couple 

A perfect couple or to-be-divorced?

In early 2005, Pitt and Jolie appeared in the public eye and their association became the subject of a much-publicized Hollywood scandal, when they were alleged to have begun an affair while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston. Starting from 2006 they were considered a couple and they acknowledged their relationship for the first time in public.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie relationship breakup rumors keep going and going perhaps even after they get married (On April 13, 2012, the couple announced that they were engaged and are about to become newlyweds)  they will still be subject to such rumors. Well, that's how it is in Hollywood.

The findings about their relationships being on the rocks are all over the Internet. Paparazzi pry into their private life, make them suffer from press intrusion with an aim to cater reader’s avid curiosity.

 A few years ago all the fans of this star couple were rocked by the allegation that Brad Pitt damps Angelina Jolie even after she gave birth to 3 children (and 3 were adopted). This scoop appeared in both tabloids and broadsheets and was based upon some legal papers on  how to divide their fortune and who gets custody of their six kids.

Another exclusive story published in National Enquirer that took aback lots of people was one about an argument over rehab of Brad Pitt – the couple were butting heads over Brad’s drug and drinking issues. A few days after a source close to the couple told that Jolie and Pitt are “completely happy” and called the story about an argument over rehab “more tabloid nonsense” and “offensive.”
                         
         Although as every couple this one may have some misunderstandings, but against the odds, they are still together and more in love than ever. There are numerous articles where we may find words like: "They're both lovely, very talented people that compliment each other . . . when you're with them, you can see how strongly in love they are." So, not all the stories describe this couple as being on the brink of divorce (http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/gossip-did-angelina-jolie-buy-brad-pitt-a-heart-shaped-island-27310.gallery).

What is more, after a grueling year Angelina celebrated Brad’s milestone birthday by giving him a “precious” gift – one that “money can’t buy”. Are you interested what was that? If yes, read more at:

http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/82590/Angelina-Jolie-And-Brad-Pitt-Always-Knew-Theyd-Be-Together-Forever#uWWREUybRPyYGZFH.99