So, this wasn’t my planned post, but…
When someone in our Awake@TheWheel community threatens to send me a photo of a sculpture made out of 1,000 pounds of butter…then does, I’ve just gotta respond.
Men’s Wearhouse is currently holding a National Suit Drive until October 31. Your donated suit will go a long way in giving someone a helpful start in finding much needed employment. How it works:
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Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance topics and many other things. Got a question? Ask it in the comments. You might also enjoy the archive of earlier reader mailbags.
One thing that prevents me from getting rid of more clutter in my life is the worry that someday, for some reason, I’ll want it again. Maybe I don’t use the rice cooker now, but what if I need it in the future? It’s thinking like this that keeps me from achieving the simple life I long for.
Two of my dear friends recently moved from DC to Google Town (a.k.a. Mountain View, Calif.). At their going away party, they gave gifts to all of the attendees — literal parting gifts.
The concept of being productive is meaningless without a good understanding of your values or what is important to you personally. Being productive isn’t just a matter of being busy. It isn’t a matter of doing a lot of things. Productivity is accomplishing important things.
Happy Monday. Hope the week is starting out well for you. Thought I'll feature 2 Fredrik (formerly the inappropriately named Jerker) desks/workbench. The desks are heaping masses of geek stuff on steriods. Not quite the space I can work with but it seems to for Aud1073cH and Steve.
Electronics tech workbench with a little bit of disco
By Lynn TruongFor this entire week (9/15-9/21), Donna Freedman from MSN's Smart Spending blog will be answering questions in our forums about personal finance, frugal living, and her writing career.
Written on 9/15/2008 by Steve Errey who almost died at age 9 as he choked on a grape. Today, Steve is still feeling the effects of some extravagant spending but remains remarkably upbeat and positive. You can catch him at, The Confidence Guy.Photo Credit: antonkudrisWe all feel low sometimes, right?
When I allow myself to lapse into know-it-all-ism, it is a mistake. In fact, I don't know the answers to this catastrophe that threatens our health, happiness and security as it depends upon our planetary habitat.
And I've never met anyone else who knows the answers either.
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Tim Clark. He blogs at Soul Shelter with novelist Mark Cunningham. Make sure to check out Tim Clark’s second book, The Swordless Samurai. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4
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“Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I woke up at 4 a.m. this morning to the sound of silence. An absolute still household, despite there being six kids and a wife all at home. And while I love my family to death, this time of tranquility is one of absolute bliss for me.
I enjoyed my coffee, read a bit, got some writing done.
