Please check out the March 2009 issue of Real Simple magazine, which features an article I wrote titled “10 ways to let go of your stuff.” In the article, I talk about my transformation from a clutterer into an unclutterer (pgs. 119-120).
The older I get, the more I crave the sun. I’m a life-long Oregonian, and I love the place, but I’m beginning to understand why people move to Phoenix. Or Miami. Or San Bernardino. This morning’s four-mile run in the spitting rain was enough to break the spirit of even the strongest man!
By Jabulani Leffall She’s shakin’ what her mama gave her. He’s stuntin’ like his daddy. Man you’re the spitting image of your mother. Wow, temper like his father.
2008
Are cookbooks a thing of the past?The internet is slowly making cookbooks obsolete.
A post-travel planA simple plan for what to do after you return home from vacation or a business trip.
Tool for changeConsider writing yourself a future e-mail through FutureMe.org as a way to help you keep on track with your uncluttering goals.
Jamie writes in:
I’m twenty eight years old and am now debt free. I’d like to start investing, but I have almost no tolerance for risk. I don’t mind not earning a great return because of this, but the thought of losing any of my investment makes me feel very uncomfortable. Any suggestions?
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” --Charles Kingsley
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We’ve all heard it when we’re seeking new business. No.
It’s a short but discouraging word. One that will make you feel like crawling back into bed and pulling the covers over your head.
But, before you do that, come with me to the FreelanceSwitch Test Kitchen. We’re going taste the Four Flavors of “No.”
I spent last Tuesday at the mid-winter conference of the local financial planning association. I was there to give a one-hour presentation about financial blogs, but I had a secondary motive. I wanted to hear the keynote speaker, George Kinder.
By Xin LuOn Friday the 13th of February both the House and the Senate passed a new $789 billion stimulus package as a continuation of the efforts by the United States Government to jumpstart the economy. A significant portion of the package gives a tax cut of $400 to each individual worker and $800 to a couple starting in June 2009. This works out to a paltry $13 per week for ind
