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Les Brown

The Pandemic Gave Me the Biggest Pay Raise of My Working Life

I’m Not Taking A Pay Cut To Go Back!

3 min readFeb 17, 2024

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The Pandemic Gave Me the Biggest Pay Raise of My Working Life

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A Tale of Two Shop-a-holics

Turning a Lifestyle into a Business

3 min readJan 30, 2024

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A Tale of Two Shop-a-holics

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Poshmark Promoted Closet, Worth It?

My Opinion of this Cash Grab

3 min readJan 30, 2024

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Les Brown

I Might Be Impoverished In Retirement

Is it Wrong to Spend all of Our Money, then Take Support From the State at the End of Life?

4 min readJan 26, 2024

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I take a different point of view on selling.

In the past year, thrift stores have put up their prices on some of my most popular items by 70%, on the sell side, the consumer being…

2 min readJan 4, 2024

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Les Brown

Suddenly I Don’t Feel Middle Class Anymore

My Christmas Celebration will be to Afford Steak from Costco this Year — The only time in the last year my beef hasn’t be ground.

4 min readDec 19, 2023

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Suddenly I Don’t Feel Middle Class Anymore

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Generation-X And The Un-Retirement Boom

Redefining Your Next Life Chapter

7 min readDec 15, 2023

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Generation-X And The Un-Retirement Boom

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Les Brown

Gen-X and the Technology Knowledge Gap

I’m Shocked By The Lack Of Technology Skills Possessed By Some In My Generation

6 min readDec 12, 2023

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Gen-X and the Technology Knowledge Gap

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Inflation — Its Crushing My Resale Business In A Big Way

Its A Perfect Storm

4 min readDec 5, 2023

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Inflation — Its Crushing My Resale Business In A Big Way

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Retirement! A License to Do Nothing?

My Mother-In-Law has Become A Disaster Zone Since She Retired

4 min readNov 14, 2023

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Les Brown

Les Brown

Generation-X Blogger, Futurologist, Entrepreneur, Financial Independence (FIRE) & I learn from my mistakes, so I’m often wrong

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