I sat on the floor in the dining room of my $500,000 home just outside Atlanta, GA. My writing business (that had afforded me a lavish lifestyle) was on a downward slide due to the economy. My husband had unexpectedly lost his job (right at Christmas time). As I looked around my house, I started thinking about how I could make money. Here I had all this “stuff” – and yet none of it seemed very important at this moment. more »