Business
Simple Living is a Choice | Life Beginner
Simple living is a choice. The important thing to ask yourself is – are you prepared to make this choice and act on it every day in your life? via Simple Living is a Choice | Life Beginner.
Finances
Why buy a transmission when you can buy a new car?
Since when did a $2,000 expense become a justification for a $20,000 loan? I couldn’t imagine she put more than 10% down, which means she is not only the proud new owner of a Jeep Cherokee, but also a couple hundred dollar per month car payment. via Why buy a transmission when you can buy a new car?.
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60 Simple Rules of Personal Finance – The Simple Dollar
#33 – Don’t ever go shopping without a grocery list If you’re ever in a store without some kind of shopping list, you’re probably making a mistake. If you don’t have anything you actually intend to buy there, then you’re hanging out in a place that needlessly drains your wallet. If you do intend to buy some things but don’t have a clear plan for it, you’re going to get sucked into impulse buys, which Read more…
Goals
How to Avoid Giving a Backhanded Compliment | The Art of Manliness
You’re the heaviest guy I would date. That’s a really good college, for a state school. You’re pretty athletic for a short chubby guy. Lol, a lot of people don’t like your humor but I think you are really funny. Great picture! You must have a really nice camera! You’re so articulate! [said to a black man] Usually cardigans look terrible on fat guys. via How to Avoid Giving a Backhanded Compliment | The Art Read more…
Fitness
Four Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Healthier Person
You failed, because in some way—mental or emotional—you were lazy. You lacked the humility or drive to examine your habits, then adjust and sustain them. This comes down to being unable to change your thinking. As a perfect example of this, many binge eaters who come to me unable to lose weight are actually over-exercisers and under eat until they hit a breaking point, followed by an uncontrolled binge. Even before training them, I tell Read more…
Time
The Things That Get in the Way of Doing : zen habits
2. Being overwhelmed. If you have a crapton of things to do … it can make you feel helpless. How can you possibly get it all done? So you don’t even start. You can’t get it all done … at least, not right now. What has worked for me: Right now, you can do one thing. So when I’m overwhelmed, again, I’ll clear everything, and make a list of 1-3 things I need to do Read more…
Technology
How to Organize Your Entire Life with Trello
You can use Trello for pretty much anything you would make lists for—especially complex projects. Want even more ideas? Check out this Board of Templates (each card is a template you can copy to your account), some inspiring boards, or these templates from Trello (event planning, freelance and consulting, publishing, recruiting, and software development). Also, here’s how to use Trello like a pro via How to Organize Your Entire Life with Trello.
Finances
Tax Return Guide for 2014: How to Dominate your Taxes
The average tax refund last year was $2,792. This means that the U.S. government received an average of $2,792 in interest-free loans from 109,499,000 lenders (aka taxpayers), for a combined $305.7 billion. This works out to just over 73% of all returns resulting in a refund. via Tax Return Guide for 2014: How to Dominate your Taxes.
Fitness
Why the modern world is bad for your brain | Science | The Guardian
Earl Miller, a neuroscientist at MIT and one of the world experts on divided attention, says that our brains are “not wired to multitask well… When people think they’re multitasking, they’re actually just switching from one task to another very rapidly. And every time they do, there’s a cognitive cost in doing so.” So we’re not actually keeping a lot of balls in the air like an expert juggler; we’re more like a bad amateur Read more…
Time
Time Management Tips for Entrepreneurs – The Simple Dollar
Looking into time management programs and strategies, there is a wide range of ideas and theories. Some are practical, others leave me scratching my head. One in particular wanted me to track how I spend my time 24 hours a day for 30 days. Could you do it? Anyone disciplined enough to track every hour of their life for 30 days doesn’t need a time management program. Sheeesh. via Time Management Tips for Entrepreneurs – The Simple Read more…