I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in -- no need to catch up, just jump in right now. Each Friday’s post will help you think about your own happiness project.
By Xin Lu The Obama administration announced a foreclosure prevention and mortgage reduction program about two month ago, and as of April less than 1000 loans have been refinanced under the program. One of the reasons that this program is getting a slow start may be that banks are hesistant to work with struggling homeowners who are still making their payments.
“Learn from the best, or die like the rest.” Sobering words for a freelancer!
In this article we try to discover what separates the best from the rest. What are the world’s top freelancers doing that the rest of us aren’t?
Reader Jesse submitted the following to Ask Unclutterer:
Do you have any suggestions for outdoor storage of sports equipment. We have a variety of balls, frisbees, and discs that right now just get put into an open bucket. It’s not great for the equipment and doesn’t look great either. Any suggestions?
My laptop messenger bag is basically my mobile office. I take it with me whenever I leave the house for anything more than a trip to the grocery store. The contents of that bag let me quickly get to work anywhere I am, any time I want - and that gives me a lot of personal and professional flexibility.
Do you get jealous of the couple next door? You know, the people who seem to have everything including a big house, nice car, and leftover money for holidays with the kids?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Glen of PluginID.
Whether it be getting out of debt, running a marathon, taking a much needed holiday or simply getting in shape, we all have goals. Yet whilst we do have them, and we would love to achieve them, life or other priorities sometimes get in the way.
One of my favorite parts of Get Rich Slowly is the weekly “Ask the Readers” section. It’s fantastic to see how well this community pulls together to help each other find solutions to financial dilemmas. Most of the questions come via e-mail, but last week I met a man named Aaron who reads the site. He told me that he could use some reader advice for his situation.
This week’s Workspace of the Week is Pieter Pieterse’s pantry porn:
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There really isn’t much to say about this pantry except, “WOW!” In the description, Pieter explains that all of the plastic storage is Tupperware. Also, moving the shelf heights helped a great deal to organize the space. I’m in awe.
Robotic moves
Wendy and her 3 year old Ikea hacker, Satch, made this robot out of Ikea boxes. So don't throw away those flat packs just yet. Of course, this can be done with any other cardbox too.
They painted the boxes with non-toxic silver paint and added a few tiny LED lights to illuminate the bottle cap eyes and the top of his head. Way cute.
See more of Satch's recyclobot.
Frame up fun
Samurai and Seneca agreed: comfort with death brings better living. (Photo: Kalandrakas)
“We don’t beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.”
-Randy Pausch (1960-2008), The Last Lecture at Carnegie Mellon
This week, one of my friends died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was in his early 30’s.
You may recall that we are looking for an associate director for the new No Impact Project (click here to read it or here to read it at Idealist.org). I had promised to offer some explanation about what the No Impact Project will be. Well, here's a little video clip where I explain, at least in part:
By Paul Michael I’ve seen several houses in my area go into foreclosure over the last 12 months. The economy and over-inflated housing prices, coupled with predatory lenders and some very bad decision-making, have turned something that was once quite rare into a full-blown epidemic. But some places are having it worse than others; much worse. Do you live in one of those unfortunate towns?
