Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: 5 tips for kicking a bad habit. Well, September is half over, and I’ve managed NOT to eat any of my beloved Tasti D-Lite. And it hasn’t even been that hard to give it up. How did I go from 2-3 stops a day, to zero? Here are the strategies I used to kick my bad habit.

By now, if you read this blog regularly, it can be no surprise that what we do that is good for the habitat we depend upon for our health, happiness and security is most often good for our quality of life.

Image by Martin Hartland We’ve all had the thought cross our mind while flying, “What if the pilot(s) somehow became incapacitated and I had to land this thing? What would I do?” Or maybe more timely for today’s world, “What if a terrorist takes over the plane and I have to save the day by knocking him out with a Chuck Norris-style thump to the head?”

By Philip BrewerFor thirty years, people have treated money funds as being just as safe as a bank.  On the rare occasions when money fund management made a bad investment, they've voluntarily coughed up enough money to make investors whole.  Today, though the money market mutual fund The Primary Fund (part of The Reserve Funds) announced that its shares, normally worth $1, were only worth 97

No matter what our background, most of us can speak a foreign language. One that’s completely opaque to anyone who might be listening in. It’s the language of your industry.

If you’re a young aspiring writer, a parent or teacher of a young writer, or know someone who is, you might find my latest article at Write To Done to be useful: A Guide to Becoming a Writer for Kids and Teens The post features: My back-story as a writer How good writing starts with reading How to get started in a writing career 15 tips to become a better writer

While I was on the treadmill at the gym this morning, I eavesdropped on the two old men behind me. They were talking about the current market meltdown. “It’s all because of greed,” one of the guys said. “Oh yeah,” the other nodded in agreement.

The good people from UPrinting have been generous enough to give away 10,000 business cards shipped for free to 10 lucky FSw readers. They’ll give any combination of business cards that you can dream of: Any type of stock (including the eco friendly stock), finish or size. The sky is the limit.

Ramit Sethi pointed me towards a brilliant little essay entitled The Real Reason We Aren’t Homeowners. It’s surprisingly refreshing, honest, and well worth discussing a bit (in fact, their whole section on homebuying essays, The American McDream, is well worth reading).

Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead. We live our lives around the clock. We wake up at a certain time, work on a schedule and base our performance on the amount of time it takes us to do things. More things done in less time = good. More time needed? Deadline not met? Unacceptable.

By Linsey Knerl

Towards the end of The Walkmen’s tour in 2006, one could hear the weariness in Hamilton Leithauser’s singing. His distinctive, sonorous howl had devolved into a restless shrieking. “I got to the point where all I would do is scream and tear my throat up because I was so bored of singing,” admits Leithauser during a recent telephone interview.

Setting goals, working on projects, and tackling action items are three things I do on a regular basis to keep my work and personal life afloat. They’re the backbone of what I refer to as the Daily Grind.

Life and Style magazine dropped us a line to let us know that they’re giving away a Dyson Ball DC24 vacuum on their website this week. I’ve been curious about this model since it hit the market earlier this year. Instead of wheels, the DC24 moves on a giant ball. Supposedly, it makes maneuvering a breeze and allows you to easily sweep under furniture.

Man, I still remember it like it was yesterday… It was early 2002, my yoga studio in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC was only ope a few months and the city was still reeling from 9-11 when I got the call.