It’s unfortunately very easy to get so caught up in life and routine that you forget to show affection to those most important to you. This trend starts honestly enough but quickly you realize that years have gone by.If your relationship has become stale or if you tend to take your friends for granted, here are some ways to show your love for those around you.

Last week, I spoke with Lou Bendrick, who writes the Checkout Line column at Grist, a site devoted to environmental news and commentary. Bendrick answers reader questions about making “green” food-choices. Recently Karl wrote to ask her: With the economic crunch, how is it going to be possible to afford healthy foods for my family, especially organics.

Reader Iris wrote us an e-mail the other day that sincerely left me baffled. I struggle with a very similar issue in my home. Her question:

Another tablecloth hack - this one is from Andrea. Spicing up her cabinet with a Sommar tablecloth.  She says, "I used a piece of the Sommar paper tablecloth ($2.99, not found on website) to make an interesting background for this display cabinet. By the way, the cabinet itself is Ikea, from many years ago."

It’s inevitable that as your career grows as a freelancer, your expertise and work patterns will change. And while this evolution is a natural part of your professional growth, sometimes the freelance life—as great as it is—can be a little draining.

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Danielle LaPorte of www.whitehottruth.com. Most of us have to-do lists. Many of us have long terms goals. Few of us have a list of how we actually want to feel in our life.

There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart.” — Lao Tzu Carrie says: Enjoyment!!! The joy of crisp fresh air, the joy of puppy breath and coming home…Life expands with bliss. .

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What an amazingly productive week I’ve had — and it’s only Tuesday! After two weeks off to care for personal matters, it feels great to be back in the swing of things. I’ve written a lot, and read even more. It seems to me there’s always more to learn and share about personal finance. I have the best job in the world! (Well, aside from this perhaps.)

Meditation offers a great way to dramatically decrease the stress in your life. But what is meditation, really? Is it hard? What’s the process like? Meditation Myths

Jon Stewart gives an example of Carlin’s brilliance (exclusive footage from a special appearing tonight on PBS, 9pm ET). I first saw George Carlin around age 10. Much later, I discovered Mark Twain and realized both were philosophers of the same school: The Trojan Horse.

By Xin LuSo far, I have covered two pay for content sites called Bukisa and Associated Content in part one and two of this series.  Both of these sites allows a wide range of content, but the pay systems vary.  You also have to do a fair amount of promotion to be successful on these sites.