Two years ago, I quit my job and started my own business at the age of 25.

I was full of hope, optimism, motivation, hustle -- every entrepreneurial cliché you can think of, I had it. But, as the months passed by, things began to change. And not in a good way.

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Our business wasn’t making enough money to pay the bills, and I saw my life savings begin to circle down the drain. Statistics show that about five out of 10 new businesses fail within the first five years, and I was about to contribute to that statistic before the end of year one.

I was in trouble.

The stress I felt from going broke was truly overwhelming -- unlike anything I have ever felt before. Once the money I had worked so hard to save up st

From your checking account balance to your credit score to the current climate of the stock market -- there are a number of factors that influence a person’s financial choices. And it turns out, the sun might be one of them.

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Of course, when you think of money management and financial decision-making, the last thing that comes to mind is the weather. However, it turns out that burning ball of hydrogen about 92 million miles from us may actually have some influence on our financial decisions.

Conducting a two-year study, researchers from the University o